Sun Valley vs Washoe Valley

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

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

Sun Valley has the higher population (22,697 vs 3,404 in Washoe Valley). Washoe Valley has the higher median household income ($111,371 vs $76,108 in Sun Valley). Washoe Valley has the higher median home value ($566,600 vs $321,000 in Sun Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Sun Valley	Washoe Valley
Population	22,697	3,404
Median age	33.2 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,108	$111,371
Median home value	$321,000	$566,600
Median gross rent	$1,161	—
Housing units	7,248	1,422
Homeownership rate	72.2%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sun Valley	Washoe Valley
Population	21,159 → 22,697 (+7.3%)	2,670 → 3,404 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$57,368 → $76,108 (+32.7%)	$72,946 → $111,371 (+52.7%)
Median home value	$169,000 → $321,000 (+89.9%)	$327,600 → $566,600 (+73.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,161 (+14.3%)	$1,045 → $1,147 (+9.8%)

Sun Valley

Population

21,15922,697

Median household income

$57,368$76,108

Median home value

$169,000$321,000

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,161

Washoe Valley

Population

2,6703,404

Median household income

$72,946$111,371

Median home value

$327,600$566,600

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sun Valley	Washoe Valley
Under 5	7.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	7.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	1.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	22.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	20.4%
75 and over	4.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sun Valley	Washoe Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sun Valley	Washoe Valley
No high school diploma	33.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	29.5%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sun Valley	Washoe Valley
Drove alone	70.6%	80.5%
Carpooled	21.8%	8.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	10.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sun Valley	Washoe Valley
1-unit, detached	43.0%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.4%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Sun Valley	Washoe Valley
Poverty rate	15.4%	3.6%
Average household size	3.27	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1989	1979