Eloy vs San Tan Valley

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

Eloy 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 16,671 in Eloy). San Tan Valley has the higher median household income ($93,642 vs $54,080 in Eloy). San Tan Valley has the higher median home value ($365,900 vs $243,600 in Eloy).

Population, income & housing

	Eloy	San Tan Valley
Population	16,671	105,231
Median age	41.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,080	$93,642
Median home value	$243,600	$365,900
Median gross rent	$938	$1,857
Housing units	4,894	36,381
Homeownership rate	67.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eloy	San Tan Valley
Population	18,666 → 16,671 (-10.7%)	96,692 → 105,231 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$39,835 → $54,080 (+35.8%)	$67,880 → $93,642 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$100,100 → $243,600 (+143.4%)	$212,900 → $365,900 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $938 (+30.6%)	$1,356 → $1,857 (+36.9%)

Eloy

Population

18,66616,671

Median household income

$39,835$54,080

Median home value

$100,100$243,600

Median gross rent

$718$938

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)

	Eloy	San Tan Valley
Under 5	2.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	10.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.5%
75 and over	6.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eloy	San Tan Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	62.8%
Black or African American	7.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	2.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	47.4%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eloy	San Tan Valley
No high school diploma	23.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eloy	San Tan Valley
Drove alone	67.6%	71.9%
Carpooled	19.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.5%	15.6%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eloy	San Tan Valley
1-unit, detached	68.3%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Eloy	San Tan Valley
Poverty rate	21.3%	7.5%
Average household size	2.62	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1998	2006