Maricopa vs San Tan Valley

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

Maricopa 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 62,986 in Maricopa). Maricopa has the higher median household income ($94,208 vs $93,642 in San Tan Valley). San Tan Valley has the higher median home value ($365,900 vs $338,600 in Maricopa).

Population, income & housing

	Maricopa	San Tan Valley
Population	62,986	105,231
Median age	36.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$94,208	$93,642
Median home value	$338,600	$365,900
Median gross rent	$1,919	$1,857
Housing units	21,979	36,381
Homeownership rate	83.0%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maricopa	San Tan Valley
Population	48,629 → 62,986 (+29.5%)	96,692 → 105,231 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$74,515 → $94,208 (+26.4%)	$67,880 → $93,642 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$202,100 → $338,600 (+67.5%)	$212,900 → $365,900 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,384 → $1,919 (+38.7%)	$1,356 → $1,857 (+36.9%)

Maricopa

Population

48,62962,986

Median household income

$74,515$94,208

Median home value

$202,100$338,600

Median gross rent

$1,384$1,919

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)

	Maricopa	San Tan Valley
Under 5	6.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.5%
75 and over	4.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maricopa	San Tan Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	45.8%	62.8%
Black or African American	13.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	2.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.6%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maricopa	San Tan Valley
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.9%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maricopa	San Tan Valley
Drove alone	64.1%	71.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.7%	15.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maricopa	San Tan Valley
1-unit, detached	96.4%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Maricopa	San Tan Valley
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.5%
Average household size	3.18	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	38	36
Median year structure built	2007	2006