Green Valley vs Sahuarita

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

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

Sahuarita has the higher population (35,012 vs 21,581 in Green Valley). Sahuarita has the higher median household income ($100,719 vs $58,268 in Green Valley). Sahuarita has the higher median home value ($341,800 vs $264,300 in Green Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Green Valley	Sahuarita
Population	21,581	35,012
Median age	73.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,268	$100,719
Median home value	$264,300	$341,800
Median gross rent	$1,135	$1,763
Housing units	16,546	13,438
Homeownership rate	86.2%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Valley	Sahuarita
Population	20,902 → 21,581 (+3.2%)	29,905 → 35,012 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$49,147 → $58,268 (+18.6%)	$80,525 → $100,719 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$175,400 → $264,300 (+50.7%)	$214,100 → $341,800 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,135 (+14.1%)	$1,392 → $1,763 (+26.7%)

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

Sahuarita

Population

29,90535,012

Median household income

$80,525$100,719

Median home value

$214,100$341,800

Median gross rent

$1,392$1,763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Valley	Sahuarita
Under 5	0.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	0.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	1.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	1.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	1.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	37.0%	10.5%
75 and over	42.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Valley	Sahuarita
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Valley	Sahuarita
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	20.2%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Valley	Sahuarita
Drove alone	63.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	14.3%
Other means	4.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Valley	Sahuarita
1-unit, detached	54.1%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	31.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Green Valley	Sahuarita
Poverty rate	8.5%	8.4%
Average household size	1.61	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1986	2006