Green Valley is a medium-sized town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 22,616 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Green Valley is the 36th largest community in Arizona.
Also of interest is that Green 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: 20.37% 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!) Green 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. Green Valley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Green Valley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Green Valley may be for you.
Being a small town, Green Valley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Green Valley ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Green Valley, 43.26% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Green Valley in 2022 was $47,878, which is wealthy relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $191,512 for a family of four. However, Green Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Green Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Green Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Green Valley include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Green Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.