Maricopa vs Squirrel Mountain Valley

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

Maricopa and Squirrel Mountain Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Squirrel Mountain Valley has the higher population (1,020 vs 1,015 in Maricopa). Squirrel Mountain Valley has the higher median home value ($345,500 vs $121,800 in Maricopa). Since 2019, Squirrel Mountain Valley's population has grown faster (+4.0% vs -17.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Maricopa	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Population	1,015	1,020
Median age	37.7 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,676	—
Median home value	$121,800	$345,500
Median gross rent	$943	—
Housing units	435	595
Homeownership rate	62.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maricopa	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Population	1,229 → 1,015 (-17.4%)	981 → 1,020 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$35,893 → $38,676 (+7.8%)	—
Median home value	$77,100 → $121,800 (+58.0%)	$230,700 → $345,500 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $943 (+17.0%)	$832 → $906 (+8.9%)

Maricopa

Population

1,2291,015

Median household income

$35,893$38,676

Median home value

$77,100$121,800

Median gross rent

$806$943

Squirrel Mountain Valley

Population

9811,020

Median home value

$230,700$345,500

Median gross rent

$832$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maricopa	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	7.5%
18 to 24	3.6%	1.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	25.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.4%
75 and over	6.4%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maricopa	Squirrel Mountain Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maricopa	Squirrel Mountain Valley
No high school diploma	29.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maricopa	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Drove alone	85.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maricopa	Squirrel Mountain Valley
1-unit, detached	62.1%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.8%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Maricopa	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Poverty rate	16.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1968	1973