Colorado City vs Valle Vista

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

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

Colorado City has the higher population (2,598 vs 2,376 in Valle Vista). Colorado City has the higher median household income ($75,234 vs $46,690 in Valle Vista). Since 2019, Valle Vista's population has grown faster (+8.2% vs -46.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Colorado City	Valle Vista
Population	2,598	2,376
Median age	20.4 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,234	$46,690
Median home value	—	$233,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,304
Housing units	493	1,371
Homeownership rate	52.8%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colorado City	Valle Vista
Population	4,836 → 2,598 (-46.3%)	2,195 → 2,376 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $75,234 (+55.7%)	$56,838 → $46,690 (-17.9%)
Median home value	—	$149,900 → $233,300 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,286 (+96.6%)	$870 → $1,304 (+49.9%)

Colorado City

Population

4,8362,598

Median household income

$48,333$75,234

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,286

Valle Vista

Population

2,1952,376

Median household income

$56,838$46,690

Median home value

$149,900$233,300

Median gross rent

$870$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colorado City	Valle Vista
Under 5	4.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	36.0%	3.5%
18 to 24	18.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	4.2%
35 to 44	6.6%	4.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	22.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	1.0%	22.9%
75 and over	0.0%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colorado City	Valle Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colorado City	Valle Vista
No high school diploma	30.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	33.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colorado City	Valle Vista
Drove alone	59.7%	71.8%
Carpooled	26.2%	22.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	1.6%
Worked from home	12.3%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colorado City	Valle Vista
1-unit, detached	85.6%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Colorado City	Valle Vista
Poverty rate	29.4%	12.2%
Average household size	5.89	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1993	1997