Casa Grande vs San Tan Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Casa Grande and San Tan Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Tan Valley has the higher population (105,231 vs 57,590 in Casa Grande). San Tan Valley has the higher median household income ($93,642 vs $66,354 in Casa Grande). San Tan Valley has the higher median home value ($365,900 vs $258,200 in Casa Grande).

Population, income & housing

	Casa Grande	San Tan Valley
Population	57,590	105,231
Median age	37.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,354	$93,642
Median home value	$258,200	$365,900
Median gross rent	$1,315	$1,857
Housing units	24,282	36,381
Homeownership rate	70.8%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casa Grande	San Tan Valley
Population	55,653 → 57,590 (+3.5%)	96,692 → 105,231 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$52,841 → $66,354 (+25.6%)	$67,880 → $93,642 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$150,400 → $258,200 (+71.7%)	$212,900 → $365,900 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,315 (+37.4%)	$1,356 → $1,857 (+36.9%)

Casa Grande

Population

55,65357,590

Median household income

$52,841$66,354

Median home value

$150,400$258,200

Median gross rent

$957$1,315

San Tan Valley

Population

96,692105,231

Median household income

$67,880$93,642

Median home value

$212,900$365,900

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casa Grande	San Tan Valley
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.5%
75 and over	10.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casa Grande	San Tan Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	43.4%	62.8%
Black or African American	4.5%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	2.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casa Grande	San Tan Valley
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casa Grande	San Tan Valley
Drove alone	76.7%	71.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	15.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casa Grande	San Tan Valley
1-unit, detached	67.2%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Casa Grande	San Tan Valley
Poverty rate	14.1%	7.5%
Average household size	2.75	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	2002	2006