Avra Valley vs Catalina

A side-by-side comparison of Avra Valley and Catalina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Catalina has the higher population (6,908 vs 6,364 in Avra Valley). Catalina has the higher median household income ($79,092 vs $53,085 in Avra Valley). Catalina has the higher median home value ($267,800 vs $156,200 in Avra Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Avra Valley	Catalina
Population	6,364	6,908
Median age	40.4 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,085	$79,092
Median home value	$156,200	$267,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,108
Housing units	2,461	3,215
Homeownership rate	75.9%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avra Valley	Catalina
Population	6,203 → 6,364 (+2.6%)	7,910 → 6,908 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$46,893 → $53,085 (+13.2%)	$56,250 → $79,092 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $156,200 (+66.9%)	$167,900 → $267,800 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $685 (-20.7%)	$902 → $1,108 (+22.8%)

Avra Valley

Population

6,2036,364

Median household income

$46,893$53,085

Median home value

$93,600$156,200

Median gross rent

$864$685

Catalina

Population

7,9106,908

Median household income

$56,250$79,092

Median home value

$167,900$267,800

Median gross rent

$902$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avra Valley	Catalina
Under 5	9.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	20.2%
75 and over	4.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avra Valley	Catalina
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	69.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avra Valley	Catalina
No high school diploma	7.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	39.6%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avra Valley	Catalina
Drove alone	79.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	15.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	10.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avra Valley	Catalina
1-unit, detached	27.4%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	72.6%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Avra Valley	Catalina
Poverty rate	20.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1996	1995