Desert Hills vs Valle Vista

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

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

Desert Hills has the higher population (2,910 vs 2,376 in Valle Vista). Desert Hills has the higher median household income ($68,523 vs $46,690 in Valle Vista). Desert Hills has the higher median home value ($239,200 vs $233,300 in Valle Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Hills	Valle Vista
Population	2,910	2,376
Median age	64.1 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,523	$46,690
Median home value	$239,200	$233,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,304
Housing units	2,197	1,371
Homeownership rate	87.7%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Hills	Valle Vista
Population	2,616 → 2,910 (+11.2%)	2,195 → 2,376 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$50,769 → $68,523 (+35.0%)	$56,838 → $46,690 (-17.9%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $239,200 (+42.6%)	$149,900 → $233,300 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $666 (-9.5%)	$870 → $1,304 (+49.9%)

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

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)

	Desert Hills	Valle Vista
Under 5	0.9%	1.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	3.5%
18 to 24	1.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	5.3%	4.2%
35 to 44	6.9%	4.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	22.2%
55 to 64	23.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	29.1%	22.9%
75 and over	18.9%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Hills	Valle Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Hills	Valle Vista
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	27.3%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Hills	Valle Vista
Drove alone	54.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	22.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	37.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Hills	Valle Vista
1-unit, detached	47.9%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Desert Hills	Valle Vista
Poverty rate	5.0%	12.2%
Average household size	1.80	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	2000	1997