Apple Valley vs Central

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Valley and Central: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Apple Valley has the higher population (1,399 vs 773 in Central). Apple Valley has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $81,875 in Central). Apple Valley has the higher median home value ($498,400 vs $350,000 in Central).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Central
Population	1,399	773
Median age	43.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,375	$81,875
Median home value	$498,400	$350,000
Housing units	471	327
Homeownership rate	95.3%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Central
Population	674 → 1,399 (+107.6%)	883 → 773 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$67,554 → $89,375 (+32.3%)	$52,000 → $81,875 (+57.5%)
Median home value	$268,100 → $498,400 (+85.9%)	$191,300 → $350,000 (+83.0%)

Apple Valley

Population

6741,399

Median household income

$67,554$89,375

Median home value

$268,100$498,400

Central

Population

883773

Median household income

$52,000$81,875

Median home value

$191,300$350,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Central
Under 5	7.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	5.3%	5.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	20.7%	19.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.0%
75 and over	4.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Central
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Central
No high school diploma	9.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Central
Drove alone	74.2%	54.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	45.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Central
1-unit, detached	90.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Central
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.2%
Average household size	3.12	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	2008	1997