Carey vs Sun Valley

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

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

Sun Valley has the higher population (1,383 vs 1,197 in Carey). Sun Valley has the higher median household income ($82,045 vs $50,938 in Carey). Sun Valley has the higher median home value ($845,600 vs $209,200 in Carey).

Population, income & housing

	Carey	Sun Valley
Population	1,197	1,383
Median age	29.6 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,938	$82,045
Median home value	$209,200	$845,600
Median gross rent	$964	$2,114
Housing units	275	2,409
Homeownership rate	77.1%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carey	Sun Valley
Population	993 → 1,197 (+20.5%)	1,353 → 1,383 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$63,500 → $50,938 (-19.8%)	$51,810 → $82,045 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$189,200 → $209,200 (+10.6%)	$825,500 → $845,600 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $964 (+31.5%)	$1,648 → $2,114 (+28.3%)

Carey

Population

9931,197

Median household income

$63,500$50,938

Median home value

$189,200$209,200

Median gross rent

$733$964

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)

	Carey	Sun Valley
Under 5	10.2%	1.0%
5 to 17	25.4%	6.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	20.8%	1.4%
35 to 44	20.4%	6.9%
45 to 54	5.9%	22.3%
55 to 64	3.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	4.1%	22.6%
75 and over	3.4%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carey	Sun Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carey	Sun Valley
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	46.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carey	Sun Valley
Drove alone	86.4%	65.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.6%	7.3%
Walked	0.8%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.1%
Worked from home	4.9%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carey	Sun Valley
1-unit, detached	92.0%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	24.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Carey	Sun Valley
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.6%
Average household size	4.89	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	11
Median year structure built	1956	1980