Desert Hills vs Golden Valley

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

Desert Hills 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 2,910 in Desert Hills). Desert Hills has the higher median household income ($68,523 vs $43,940 in Golden Valley). Desert Hills has the higher median home value ($239,200 vs $153,000 in Golden Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Hills	Golden Valley
Population	2,910	7,999
Median age	64.1 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,523	$43,940
Median home value	$239,200	$153,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,156
Housing units	2,197	4,515
Homeownership rate	87.7%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Hills	Golden Valley
Population	2,616 → 2,910 (+11.2%)	9,079 → 7,999 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$50,769 → $68,523 (+35.0%)	$38,955 → $43,940 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $239,200 (+42.6%)	$81,600 → $153,000 (+87.5%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $666 (-9.5%)	$753 → $1,156 (+53.5%)

Desert Hills

Population

2,6162,910

Median household income

$50,769$68,523

Median home value

$167,800$239,200

Median gross rent

$736$666

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)

	Desert Hills	Golden Valley
Under 5	0.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	7.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	1.1%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	6.9%	3.6%
45 to 54	6.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	23.8%	20.7%
65 to 74	29.1%	18.5%
75 and over	18.9%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Hills	Golden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.5%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Hills	Golden Valley
No high school diploma	8.6%	26.3%
High school graduate	27.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Hills	Golden Valley
Drove alone	54.8%	55.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	30.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Hills	Golden Valley
1-unit, detached	47.9%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.1%	61.4%

Poverty & households

	Desert Hills	Golden Valley
Poverty rate	5.0%	22.5%
Average household size	1.80	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	2000	1999