Vail vs Valencia West

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

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

Vail has the higher population (15,722 vs 13,834 in Valencia West). Vail has the higher median household income ($121,385 vs $90,758 in Valencia West). Vail has the higher median home value ($367,500 vs $276,000 in Valencia West).

Population, income & housing

	Vail	Valencia West
Population	15,722	13,834
Median age	39.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$121,385	$90,758
Median home value	$367,500	$276,000
Median gross rent	$1,854	$1,605
Housing units	5,592	4,708
Homeownership rate	91.1%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vail	Valencia West
Population	12,982 → 15,722 (+21.1%)	11,796 → 13,834 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$85,927 → $121,385 (+41.3%)	$63,368 → $90,758 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $367,500 (+54.7%)	$187,600 → $276,000 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,445 → $1,854 (+28.3%)	$1,184 → $1,605 (+35.6%)

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

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)

	Vail	Valencia West
Under 5	7.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.5%
75 and over	5.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vail	Valencia West
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	21.3%
Black or African American	5.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	5.3%
Asian	3.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	67.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vail	Valencia West
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	12.9%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vail	Valencia West
Drove alone	72.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	13.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	8.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vail	Valencia West
1-unit, detached	89.3%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Vail	Valencia West
Poverty rate	4.9%	13.2%
Average household size	2.94	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	2007	2007