Avra Valley vs Picture Rocks

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

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

Picture Rocks has the higher population (9,665 vs 6,364 in Avra Valley). Picture Rocks has the higher median household income ($59,745 vs $53,085 in Avra Valley). Picture Rocks has the higher median home value ($181,200 vs $156,200 in Avra Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Avra Valley	Picture Rocks
Population	6,364	9,665
Median age	40.4 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,085	$59,745
Median home value	$156,200	$181,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,301
Housing units	2,461	3,991
Homeownership rate	75.9%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avra Valley	Picture Rocks
Population	6,203 → 6,364 (+2.6%)	9,653 → 9,665 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$46,893 → $53,085 (+13.2%)	$55,231 → $59,745 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $156,200 (+66.9%)	$112,600 → $181,200 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $685 (-20.7%)	$1,161 → $1,301 (+12.1%)

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

Picture Rocks

Population

9,6539,665

Median household income

$55,231$59,745

Median home value

$112,600$181,200

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,301

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avra Valley	Picture Rocks
Under 5	9.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	23.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.6%
75 and over	4.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avra Valley	Picture Rocks
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	10.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avra Valley	Picture Rocks
No high school diploma	7.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	39.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avra Valley	Picture Rocks
Drove alone	79.5%	86.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avra Valley	Picture Rocks
1-unit, detached	27.4%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	72.6%	63.7%

Poverty & households

	Avra Valley	Picture Rocks
Poverty rate	20.2%	19.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1996	1994