Prescott Valley is a medium-sized town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 49,075 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Prescott Valley is the 23rd largest community in Arizona. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Prescott Valley, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Prescott Valley, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Prescott Valley’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Prescott Valley does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $66,617.00.
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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.84% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Even though Prescott Valley is not a small town, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute 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, 22.54% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Prescott Valley in 2022 was $33,949, 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 $135,796 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 20.05% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Prescott Valley include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Prescott Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.