Montezuma Creek vs Spanish Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Montezuma Creek and Spanish Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Montezuma Creek and Spanish Valley are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spanish Valley has the higher population (925 vs 256 in Montezuma Creek). Spanish Valley has the higher median home value ($757,400 vs $38,900 in Montezuma Creek). Since 2019, Spanish Valley's population has grown faster (+60.3% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Montezuma Creek	Spanish Valley
Population	256	925
Median age	33.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,108
Median home value	$38,900	$757,400
Housing units	108	323
Homeownership rate	80.2%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	26.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montezuma Creek	Spanish Valley
Population	386 → 256 (-33.7%)	577 → 925 (+60.3%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $39,750 (+44.5%)	$105,313 → $67,108 (-36.3%)
Median home value	$32,700 → $38,900 (+19.0%)	$311,700 → $757,400 (+143.0%)

Montezuma Creek

Population

386256

Median household income

$27,500$39,750

Median home value

$32,700$38,900

Spanish Valley

Population

577925

Median household income

$105,313$67,108

Median home value

$311,700$757,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Spanish Valley
Under 5	3.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	28.9%	25.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	4.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	21.6%
45 to 54	3.1%	21.5%
55 to 64	26.6%	5.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	5.0%
75 and over	2.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Spanish Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	84.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montezuma Creek	Spanish Valley
No high school diploma	20.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.7%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Spanish Valley
Drove alone	94.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Spanish Valley
1-unit, detached	76.9%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Montezuma Creek	Spanish Valley
Poverty rate	30.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.98	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1984	2004