Prescott Valley is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 51,440 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Prescott Valley is the 23rd largest community in Arizona. Much of the housing stock in Prescott Valley was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Prescott Valley economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Prescott Valley, where the median household income is $74,569.00.
Also of interest is that Prescott Valley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.03% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Prescott Valley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Prescott Valley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Prescott Valley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Prescott Valley may be for you.
The town of Prescott Valley is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.
The population of Prescott Valley overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Prescott Valley, 24.39% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Prescott Valley in 2022 was $37,400, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,600 for a family of four. However, Prescott Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Prescott Valley is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Prescott Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prescott Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Prescott Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.11% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Prescott Valley include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Prescott Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.