Black Canyon City vs Spring Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Black Canyon City and Spring Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Black Canyon City and Spring Valley are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Black Canyon City has the higher population (2,297 vs 1,610 in Spring Valley). Black Canyon City has the higher median household income ($69,718 vs $42,721 in Spring Valley). Black Canyon City has the higher median home value ($286,900 vs $168,400 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Black Canyon City	Spring Valley
Population	2,297	1,610
Median age	60.7 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,718	$42,721
Median home value	$286,900	$168,400
Median gross rent	—	$428
Housing units	1,261	677
Homeownership rate	90.3%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Canyon City	Spring Valley
Population	2,825 → 2,297 (-18.7%)	1,596 → 1,610 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$37,410 → $69,718 (+86.4%)	$30,769 → $42,721 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $286,900 (+147.8%)	$99,900 → $168,400 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $768 (-2.2%)	$288 → $428 (+48.6%)

Black Canyon City

Population

2,8252,297

Median household income

$37,410$69,718

Median home value

$115,800$286,900

Median gross rent

$785$768

Spring Valley

Population

1,5961,610

Median household income

$30,769$42,721

Median home value

$99,900$168,400

Median gross rent

$288$428

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Canyon City	Spring Valley
Under 5	1.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	1.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	3.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	31.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	16.8%	22.7%
75 and over	15.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Canyon City	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	66.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.0%	17.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Canyon City	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	17.8%	31.2%
High school graduate	27.1%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Canyon City	Spring Valley
Drove alone	66.1%	84.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	5.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Canyon City	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	60.6%	27.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	57.5%

Poverty & households

	Black Canyon City	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	11.7%	18.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1992	1989