Green Valley vs Vail

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

Green Valley and Vail 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 15,722 in Vail). Vail has the higher median household income ($121,385 vs $58,268 in Green Valley). Vail has the higher median home value ($367,500 vs $264,300 in Green Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Green Valley	Vail
Population	21,581	15,722
Median age	73.3 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,268	$121,385
Median home value	$264,300	$367,500
Median gross rent	$1,135	$1,854
Housing units	16,546	5,592
Homeownership rate	86.2%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Valley	Vail
Population	20,902 → 21,581 (+3.2%)	12,982 → 15,722 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$49,147 → $58,268 (+18.6%)	$85,927 → $121,385 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$175,400 → $264,300 (+50.7%)	$237,500 → $367,500 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,135 (+14.1%)	$1,445 → $1,854 (+28.3%)

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

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)

	Green Valley	Vail
Under 5	0.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	0.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	0.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	1.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	1.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	1.9%	16.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.2%
65 to 74	37.0%	11.6%
75 and over	42.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Valley	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.7%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Valley	Vail
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	20.2%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Valley	Vail
Drove alone	63.7%	72.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	3.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	19.5%
Other means	4.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Valley	Vail
1-unit, detached	54.1%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	31.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Valley	Vail
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.9%
Average household size	1.61	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1986	2007