Cactus Forest vs Queen Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Cactus Forest and Queen Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Queen Valley has the higher population (799 vs 509 in Cactus Forest). Queen Valley has the higher median home value ($221,200 vs $141,500 in Cactus Forest). Since 2019, Queen Valley's population has grown faster (+41.2% vs -41.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cactus Forest	Queen Valley
Population	509	799
Median age	68.5 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,854	—
Median home value	$141,500	$221,200
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	342	691
Homeownership rate	82.2%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cactus Forest	Queen Valley
Population	876 → 509 (-41.9%)	566 → 799 (+41.2%)
Median household income	$46,620 → $68,854 (+47.7%)	—
Median home value	$103,900 → $141,500 (+36.2%)	$160,300 → $221,200 (+38.0%)

Cactus Forest

Population

876509

Median household income

$46,620$68,854

Median home value

$103,900$141,500

Queen Valley

Population

566799

Median home value

$160,300$221,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cactus Forest	Queen Valley
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	1.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	54.8%
65 to 74	20.2%	17.0%
75 and over	35.6%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cactus Forest	Queen Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cactus Forest	Queen Valley
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	8.9%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	69.9%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	53.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cactus Forest	Queen Valley
Drove alone	35.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	38.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cactus Forest	Queen Valley
1-unit, detached	26.6%	47.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	67.3%	44.3%

Poverty & households

	Cactus Forest	Queen Valley
Poverty rate	18.3%	4.6%
Average household size	1.77	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	53	—
Median year structure built	1984	1990