Bellevue vs Sun Valley

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

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

Bellevue has the higher population (2,571 vs 1,383 in Sun Valley). Sun Valley has the higher median household income ($82,045 vs $72,242 in Bellevue). Sun Valley has the higher median home value ($845,600 vs $482,600 in Bellevue).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Sun Valley
Population	2,571	1,383
Median age	38.9 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,242	$82,045
Median home value	$482,600	$845,600
Median gross rent	$1,503	$2,114
Housing units	774	2,409
Homeownership rate	71.0%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Sun Valley
Population	2,747 → 2,571 (-6.4%)	1,353 → 1,383 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$63,867 → $72,242 (+13.1%)	$51,810 → $82,045 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$307,700 → $482,600 (+56.8%)	$825,500 → $845,600 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,503 (+83.1%)	$1,648 → $2,114 (+28.3%)

Bellevue

Population

2,7472,571

Median household income

$63,867$72,242

Median home value

$307,700$482,600

Median gross rent

$821$1,503

Sun Valley

Population

1,3531,383

Median household income

$51,810$82,045

Median home value

$825,500$845,600

Median gross rent

$1,648$2,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Sun Valley
Under 5	7.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	6.1%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	1.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	22.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	22.6%
75 and over	4.7%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Sun Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	9.8%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Sun Valley
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	36.3%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	46.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Sun Valley
Drove alone	83.0%	65.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	7.3%
Walked	0.3%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.1%
Worked from home	6.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Sun Valley
1-unit, detached	83.3%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	24.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	26.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Sun Valley
Poverty rate	9.9%	6.6%
Average household size	3.38	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	11
Median year structure built	1988	1980