Flowing Wells vs Valencia West

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

Flowing Wells and Valencia West 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 13,834 in Valencia West). Valencia West has the higher median household income ($90,758 vs $40,769 in Flowing Wells). Valencia West has the higher median home value ($276,000 vs $51,800 in Flowing Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Flowing Wells	Valencia West
Population	16,989	13,834
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,769	$90,758
Median home value	$51,800	$276,000
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,605
Housing units	7,934	4,708
Homeownership rate	70.3%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flowing Wells	Valencia West
Population	15,755 → 16,989 (+7.8%)	11,796 → 13,834 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$38,434 → $40,769 (+6.1%)	$63,368 → $90,758 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $51,800 (-20.4%)	$187,600 → $276,000 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,123 (+25.5%)	$1,184 → $1,605 (+35.6%)

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

Valencia West

Population

11,79613,834

Median household income

$63,368$90,758

Median home value

$187,600$276,000

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flowing Wells	Valencia West
Under 5	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.5%
75 and over	6.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flowing Wells	Valencia West
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	21.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	5.3%
Asian	1.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	67.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flowing Wells	Valencia West
No high school diploma	19.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	27.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flowing Wells	Valencia West
Drove alone	71.2%	76.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	13.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flowing Wells	Valencia West
1-unit, detached	26.6%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	61.8%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Flowing Wells	Valencia West
Poverty rate	21.4%	13.2%
Average household size	2.40	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1980	2007