Flowing Wells vs Green Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Flowing Wells and Green Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Green Valley has the higher population (21,581 vs 16,989 in Flowing Wells). Green Valley has the higher median household income ($58,268 vs $40,769 in Flowing Wells). Green Valley has the higher median home value ($264,300 vs $51,800 in Flowing Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Flowing Wells	Green Valley
Population	16,989	21,581
Median age	38.2 yrs	73.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,769	$58,268
Median home value	$51,800	$264,300
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,135
Housing units	7,934	16,546
Homeownership rate	70.3%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flowing Wells	Green Valley
Population	15,755 → 16,989 (+7.8%)	20,902 → 21,581 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$38,434 → $40,769 (+6.1%)	$49,147 → $58,268 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $51,800 (-20.4%)	$175,400 → $264,300 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,123 (+25.5%)	$995 → $1,135 (+14.1%)

Flowing Wells

Population

15,75516,989

Median household income

$38,434$40,769

Median home value

$65,100$51,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,123

Green Valley

Population

20,90221,581

Median household income

$49,147$58,268

Median home value

$175,400$264,300

Median gross rent

$995$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flowing Wells	Green Valley
Under 5	6.7%	0.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	0.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	0.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	1.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	1.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	1.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	37.0%
75 and over	6.6%	42.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flowing Wells	Green Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flowing Wells	Green Valley
No high school diploma	19.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flowing Wells	Green Valley
Drove alone	71.2%	63.7%
Carpooled	15.6%	3.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	1.4%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	24.0%
Other means	0.2%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flowing Wells	Green Valley
1-unit, detached	26.6%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	31.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	61.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Flowing Wells	Green Valley
Poverty rate	21.4%	8.5%
Average household size	2.40	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1980	1986