Walnut Creek vs Willow Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Walnut Creek and Willow Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willow Valley has the higher population (817 vs 581 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($39,342 vs $36,136 in Willow Valley). Willow Valley has the higher median home value ($257,800 vs $234,400 in Walnut Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Walnut Creek	Willow Valley
Population	581	817
Median age	52.7 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,342	$36,136
Median home value	$234,400	$257,800
Housing units	345	1,078
Homeownership rate	86.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Walnut Creek	Willow Valley
Population	669 → 581 (-13.2%)	785 → 817 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $39,342 (-21.3%)	$36,250 → $36,136 (-0.3%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $234,400 (+55.4%)	$129,700 → $257,800 (+98.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$535 → $489 (-8.6%)

Walnut Creek

Population

669581

Median household income

$50,000$39,342

Median home value

$150,800$234,400

Willow Valley

Population

785817

Median household income

$36,250$36,136

Median home value

$129,700$257,800

Median gross rent

$535$489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Walnut Creek	Willow Valley
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	2.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	4.9%
35 to 44	3.3%	17.9%
45 to 54	18.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	28.0%
65 to 74	29.4%	21.1%
75 and over	6.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Walnut Creek	Willow Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Walnut Creek	Willow Valley
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	38.3%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Walnut Creek	Willow Valley
Drove alone	79.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Walnut Creek	Willow Valley
1-unit, detached	41.2%	27.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.8%	72.7%

Poverty & households

	Walnut Creek	Willow Valley
Poverty rate	7.2%	12.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1996	1985