Prescott vs Prescott Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Prescott and Prescott Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prescott Valley has the higher population (48,048 vs 46,744 in Prescott). Prescott Valley has the higher median household income ($70,793 vs $69,151 in Prescott). Prescott has the higher median home value ($528,500 vs $376,300 in Prescott Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Prescott	Prescott Valley
Population	46,744	48,048
Median age	60.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,151	$70,793
Median home value	$528,500	$376,300
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,471
Housing units	25,807	21,576
Homeownership rate	68.1%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prescott	Prescott Valley
Population	42,785 → 46,744 (+9.3%)	44,311 → 48,048 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$55,734 → $69,151 (+24.1%)	$51,909 → $70,793 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$347,700 → $528,500 (+52.0%)	$228,700 → $376,300 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,304 (+46.0%)	$992 → $1,471 (+48.3%)

Prescott

Population

42,78546,744

Median household income

$55,734$69,151

Median home value

$347,700$528,500

Median gross rent

$893$1,304

Prescott Valley

Population

44,31148,048

Median household income

$51,909$70,793

Median home value

$228,700$376,300

Median gross rent

$992$1,471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prescott	Prescott Valley
Under 5	3.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	8.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	6.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	22.5%	16.5%
75 and over	17.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prescott	Prescott Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prescott	Prescott Valley
No high school diploma	3.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	19.5%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prescott	Prescott Valley
Drove alone	72.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.0%	12.3%
Other means	2.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prescott	Prescott Valley
1-unit, detached	67.1%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	7.2%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Prescott	Prescott Valley
Poverty rate	11.6%	12.3%
Average household size	1.94	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1991	2001