Ash Fork vs Peeples Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Ash Fork and Peeples Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peeples Valley has the higher population (707 vs 578 in Ash Fork). Peeples Valley has the higher median home value ($271,400 vs $178,800 in Ash Fork). Since 2019, Peeples Valley's population has grown faster (+35.7% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Fork	Peeples Valley
Population	578	707
Median age	36.5 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$63,750
Median home value	$178,800	$271,400
Median gross rent	$1,104	$636
Housing units	234	412
Homeownership rate	69.1%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	39.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Fork	Peeples Valley
Population	698 → 578 (-17.2%)	521 → 707 (+35.7%)
Median household income	$41,058 → $79,861 (+94.5%)	$40,938 → $63,750 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $178,800 (+116.2%)	$212,100 → $271,400 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,104 (+1.2%)	$903 → $636 (-29.6%)

Ash Fork

Population

698578

Median household income

$41,058$79,861

Median home value

$82,700$178,800

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,104

Peeples Valley

Population

521707

Median household income

$40,938$63,750

Median home value

$212,100$271,400

Median gross rent

$903$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Fork	Peeples Valley
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	30.4%	5.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.2%
35 to 44	21.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	2.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	6.6%	23.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	26.0%
75 and over	18.2%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Fork	Peeples Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	12.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Fork	Peeples Valley
No high school diploma	16.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	20.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	54.1%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Fork	Peeples Valley
Drove alone	73.2%	71.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.5%
Worked from home	22.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Fork	Peeples Valley
1-unit, detached	50.4%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.9%	34.5%

Poverty & households

	Ash Fork	Peeples Valley
Poverty rate	11.6%	13.4%
Average household size	3.03	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1968	1990