Hailey vs Sun Valley

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

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

Hailey has the higher population (9,439 vs 1,383 in Sun Valley). Hailey has the higher median household income ($83,084 vs $82,045 in Sun Valley). Sun Valley has the higher median home value ($845,600 vs $574,500 in Hailey).

Population, income & housing

	Hailey	Sun Valley
Population	9,439	1,383
Median age	42.4 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,084	$82,045
Median home value	$574,500	$845,600
Median gross rent	$1,196	$2,114
Housing units	4,107	2,409
Homeownership rate	72.0%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hailey	Sun Valley
Population	8,408 → 9,439 (+12.3%)	1,353 → 1,383 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$51,158 → $83,084 (+62.4%)	$51,810 → $82,045 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$368,300 → $574,500 (+56.0%)	$825,500 → $845,600 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $1,196 (+78.2%)	$1,648 → $2,114 (+28.3%)

Hailey

Population

8,4089,439

Median household income

$51,158$83,084

Median home value

$368,300$574,500

Median gross rent

$671$1,196

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)

	Hailey	Sun Valley
Under 5	2.4%	1.0%
5 to 17	24.4%	6.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	1.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	22.3%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	22.6%
75 and over	7.1%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hailey	Sun Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	3.8%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hailey	Sun Valley
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	46.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hailey	Sun Valley
Drove alone	71.9%	65.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	7.3%
Walked	2.8%	9.8%
Bicycle	2.9%	2.1%
Worked from home	12.2%	14.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hailey	Sun Valley
1-unit, detached	66.9%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	24.3%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	26.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Hailey	Sun Valley
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	18	11
Median year structure built	1994	1980