Flowing Wells vs Vail

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

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

Flowing Wells has the higher population (16,989 vs 15,722 in Vail). Vail has the higher median household income ($121,385 vs $40,769 in Flowing Wells). Vail has the higher median home value ($367,500 vs $51,800 in Flowing Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Flowing Wells	Vail
Population	16,989	15,722
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,769	$121,385
Median home value	$51,800	$367,500
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,854
Housing units	7,934	5,592
Homeownership rate	70.3%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flowing Wells	Vail
Population	15,755 → 16,989 (+7.8%)	12,982 → 15,722 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$38,434 → $40,769 (+6.1%)	$85,927 → $121,385 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $51,800 (-20.4%)	$237,500 → $367,500 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,123 (+25.5%)	$1,445 → $1,854 (+28.3%)

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

Vail

Population

12,98215,722

Median household income

$85,927$121,385

Median home value

$237,500$367,500

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flowing Wells	Vail
Under 5	6.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.6%
75 and over	6.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flowing Wells	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	65.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.6%
Asian	1.4%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flowing Wells	Vail
No high school diploma	19.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flowing Wells	Vail
Drove alone	71.2%	72.5%
Carpooled	15.6%	7.0%
Public transit	2.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	19.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flowing Wells	Vail
1-unit, detached	26.6%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	61.8%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Flowing Wells	Vail
Poverty rate	21.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1980	2007