Green Valley vs Tanque Verde

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

Green Valley and Tanque Verde 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 15,531 in Tanque Verde). Tanque Verde has the higher median household income ($119,212 vs $58,268 in Green Valley). Tanque Verde has the higher median home value ($573,000 vs $264,300 in Green Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Green Valley	Tanque Verde
Population	21,581	15,531
Median age	73.3 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,268	$119,212
Median home value	$264,300	$573,000
Median gross rent	$1,135	$2,145
Housing units	16,546	7,096
Homeownership rate	86.2%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Valley	Tanque Verde
Population	20,902 → 21,581 (+3.2%)	15,638 → 15,531 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$49,147 → $58,268 (+18.6%)	$101,508 → $119,212 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$175,400 → $264,300 (+50.7%)	$386,800 → $573,000 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,135 (+14.1%)	$1,725 → $2,145 (+24.3%)

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

Tanque Verde

Population

15,63815,531

Median household income

$101,508$119,212

Median home value

$386,800$573,000

Median gross rent

$1,725$2,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Valley	Tanque Verde
Under 5	0.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	0.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	1.3%	4.9%
35 to 44	1.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	1.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	37.0%	18.0%
75 and over	42.8%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Valley	Tanque Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Valley	Tanque Verde
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	20.2%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Valley	Tanque Verde
Drove alone	63.7%	75.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	3.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	24.0%	17.8%
Other means	4.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Valley	Tanque Verde
1-unit, detached	54.1%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	31.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Valley	Tanque Verde
Poverty rate	8.5%	2.3%
Average household size	1.61	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1986	1984