Housing in Deer Valley at a glance
- Population
- about 189,668
- Housing units
- about 78,781
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $412,000Phoenix: $420,700 (-2%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,660 a monthPhoenix: $1,582 (+5%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 64.2%Phoenix: 57.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 24%
- Median year built
- 1988
Deer Valley is a near-median sector for Phoenix on price: owners estimate $412,000, just 2% under the city's $420,700 and fifth in the ranking. Rent is higher, $1,660 against $1,582, and 48,280 owning households outnumber 26,926 renting ones, an owner share of 64.2% that towers over neighbouring Alhambra's 46.8%. On the north side of Phoenix, newer building marks the sector, with just 24% of homes older than 1980 and 1988 at the middle, eighth in the ranking. Paradise Valley, nearby, reaches $520,000, North Mountain sits at $374,000, and Alhambra holds the oldest stock around, 72.9%. Renters here pay more than in Alhambra or North Mountain, but less than in Paradise Valley. With 189,668 residents, it has the largest population among the neighbours named here, and Alhambra's owners are only 46.8%. Paradise Valley's owners hold 66.4%, a little above Deer Valley's rate, and North Mountain's hold 53.3%. The sector has 78,781 homes.
Questions about Deer Valley
What is the median home value in Deer Valley, Phoenix?
$412,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $420,700 for Phoenix as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Deer Valley?
$1,660 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,582 in Phoenix (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Deer Valley own or rent?
Most own: 64.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 57.3% in Phoenix (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 41 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Deer Valley is one of the 10 most populous of 15 urban villages of Phoenix: estimated population about 189,668 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Phoenix GIS, Villages, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Phoenix as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Deer Valley
The closest sectors of Phoenix, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Deer Valley. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Deer Valley? Ask for your spot.