Colorado City vs Golden Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Colorado City and Golden Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Colorado City and Golden Valley are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Golden Valley has the higher population (7,999 vs 2,598 in Colorado City). Colorado City has the higher median household income ($75,234 vs $43,940 in Golden Valley). Since 2019, Golden Valley's population has grown faster (-11.9% vs -46.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Colorado City	Golden Valley
Population	2,598	7,999
Median age	20.4 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,234	$43,940
Median home value	—	$153,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,156
Housing units	493	4,515
Homeownership rate	52.8%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colorado City	Golden Valley
Population	4,836 → 2,598 (-46.3%)	9,079 → 7,999 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $75,234 (+55.7%)	$38,955 → $43,940 (+12.8%)
Median home value	—	$81,600 → $153,000 (+87.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,286 (+96.6%)	$753 → $1,156 (+53.5%)

Colorado City

Population

4,8362,598

Median household income

$48,333$75,234

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,286

Golden Valley

Population

9,0797,999

Median household income

$38,955$43,940

Median home value

$81,600$153,000

Median gross rent

$753$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colorado City	Golden Valley
Under 5	4.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	36.0%	6.8%
18 to 24	18.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	6.6%	3.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	7.8%	20.7%
65 to 74	1.0%	18.5%
75 and over	0.0%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colorado City	Golden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colorado City	Golden Valley
No high school diploma	30.6%	26.3%
High school graduate	33.4%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colorado City	Golden Valley
Drove alone	59.7%	55.5%
Carpooled	26.2%	30.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colorado City	Golden Valley
1-unit, detached	85.6%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	61.4%

Poverty & households

	Colorado City	Golden Valley
Poverty rate	29.4%	22.5%
Average household size	5.89	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1993	1999