Ketchum vs Sun Valley

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

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

Ketchum has the higher population (3,551 vs 1,383 in Sun Valley). Ketchum has the higher median household income ($87,658 vs $82,045 in Sun Valley). Sun Valley has the higher median home value ($845,600 vs $756,200 in Ketchum).

Population, income & housing

	Ketchum	Sun Valley
Population	3,551	1,383
Median age	54.0 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,658	$82,045
Median home value	$756,200	$845,600
Median gross rent	$1,190	$2,114
Housing units	4,334	2,409
Homeownership rate	75.5%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ketchum	Sun Valley
Population	2,791 → 3,551 (+27.2%)	1,353 → 1,383 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$60,491 → $87,658 (+44.9%)	$51,810 → $82,045 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$760,500 → $756,200 (-0.6%)	$825,500 → $845,600 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,298 → $1,190 (-8.3%)	$1,648 → $2,114 (+28.3%)

Ketchum

Population

2,7913,551

Median household income

$60,491$87,658

Median home value

$760,500$756,200

Median gross rent

$1,298$1,190

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)

	Ketchum	Sun Valley
Under 5	2.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	3.4%	6.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.1%	1.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	22.3%
55 to 64	22.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	19.4%	22.6%
75 and over	6.5%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ketchum	Sun Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ketchum	Sun Valley
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	13.0%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	42.4%	46.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ketchum	Sun Valley
Drove alone	60.2%	65.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	1.1%
Public transit	0.5%	7.3%
Walked	7.1%	9.8%
Bicycle	7.8%	2.1%
Worked from home	15.4%	14.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ketchum	Sun Valley
1-unit, detached	41.1%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	24.3%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	26.3%
20 or more units	7.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ketchum	Sun Valley
Poverty rate	6.2%	6.6%
Average household size	1.66	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	14	11
Median year structure built	1981	1980