Census-designated place · Pinal County, Arizona

Queen Valley, Arizona

Queen Valley is a census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area. It has 1,118 residents. Queen Valley, Arizona has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,052 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arizona it ranks #126 of 207 cities and towns. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), preventable hospital stays (low) and loneliness (low). It ranks worst on restaurants and bars (low), hot days (high) and grocery stores (low).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,052 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arizona: #126 of 207 in AZ
Population: 1,118 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 114.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 0458290

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety44#8,754/15,637
Economy49#7,973/15,631
Housing—
Health52#7,549/15,609
Healthcare20#12,587/15,650
Environment22#12,040/15,453
Education27#11,495/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,786/15,650
Community18#12,879/15,651
Leisure & amenities0#15,609/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Queen Valley, Arizona ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Pinal County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Comfortable days · high33.4%
91/100Arizona 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPinal County value
Preventable hospital stays · low2,004 /100k
85/100Arizona 2,070 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePinal County value
Loneliness · low31.9%
84/100Arizona 32.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.4 µg/m³
83/100Arizona 6.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPinal County value
Child care cost burden · low23.9%
81/100Arizona 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePinal County value
Property crime rate · low694 /100k
76/100Arizona 1,514 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPinal County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low2.4 /10k
1/100Arizona 6.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPinal County value
Hot days · high155 days
1/100Arizona 96 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPinal County value
Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
2/100Arizona 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPinal County value
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Arizona 30.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Social associations · low3.5 /10k
2/100Arizona 5.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePinal County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.1 /10k
3/100Arizona 4.2 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPinal County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
566 (2015-2019) → 1,118 (2020-2024)
+98%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 76.2% (2020-2024)
+76 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.3% (2015-2019) → 58.6% (2020-2024)
+39 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
80.2% (2015-2019) → 42.6% (2020-2024)
−38 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
32.3% (2015-2019) → 7.7% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateImproving
21.3% (2015-2019) → 11.1% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Queen Valley, Arizona improved on 0 of 5 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 3 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined2

Broadband−38 points80.2% → 42.6%
Rent burden+76 points0.0% → 76.2%

All 5 measures

Change of every measure of Queen Valley, Arizona between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	80.2%2015-2019	42.6%2020-2024	−38 points	Declined	0%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3212015-2019	0.4382020-2024	+0.117	Within the margin of error	3%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	0.0%2015-2019	76.2%2020-2024	+76 points	Declined	0%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15075 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Queen Valley, Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Queen Valley, Arizona in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Queen Valley, Arizona itself moved −40.4 points in standing on average over the same 4 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,118 residents (±593)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 80 and over women (−12.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,118 residents (±593)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

White86%†961
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino8.4%†94

Education

1,046 residents (±583)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

No high school diploma1.9%†20
High school or GED14%†149
Some college20%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

547 households (±275)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $25k42%†232
$25k–50k15%†84
$50k–75k17%†94
$75k–100k8.0%†44
$100k–150k14%†75
$150k–200k3.3%†18
$200k or more0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

547 households (±275)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Own77%†421
Rent23%†126

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

126 households (±99)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $75056%†70
$750–1,0008.7%†11
$1,000–1,50036%†45

Home values

421 homes (±254)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $150k16%†67
$150k–250k61%†258
$250k–400k12%†51

Age of homes

857 homes (±320)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

2010 or later7.1%†61
2000–200932%†276
1980–199935%†296

Size of homes

857 homes (±320)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Studio5.6%†48
1 bedroom5.7%†49
2 bedrooms32%†273

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

361 workers (±274)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Drive alone80%†290
Carpool3.0%†11
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%†60
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

301 workers (±256)

Queen Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Under 15 min53%†159
15–29 min8.3%†25
30–44 min10%†31

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Pinal County, the county holding most of Queen Valley's residents.

Pinal County has 4,723 employer establishments, 97.1 for every 10,000 residents (0.39× the US rate of 248; 0.44× Arizona's), with 63,258 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,659. The Census Bureau also counts 31,956 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,723; 31,956 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 97.1; US 248 · Arizona 219
Paid employees: 63,258
Average annual pay: $50,659; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pinal County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	444	9.1	0.59×Fewer than typical	3,819	$59,611	2,280
Ambulatory health care services	424	8.7	0.42×Fewer than typical	3,625	$71,456	1,541
Restaurants and other eating places	354	7.3	0.40×Fewer than typical	7,981	$21,510	133
Lessors of real estate	292	6	0.49×Fewer than typical	1,125	$32,610	2,138
Building equipment contractors	200	4.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	860	$55,701	584
Limited-service restaurants	194	4	0.50×Fewer than typical	4,818	$20,652	53
Services to buildings and dwellings	184	3.8	0.56×Fewer than typical	837	$39,786	1,973
Offices of other health practitioners	138	2.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	785	$44,729	585
Construction of buildings	136	2.8	0.37×Fewer than typical	650	$59,291	925
Real estate agents and brokers	136	2.8	0.57×Fewer than typical	164	$47,293	1,057
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	133	2.7	0.83×About typical	499	$55,747	327
Truck transportation	129	2.7	0.52×Fewer than typical	694	$67,288	699

Rank places for an industry Open Pinal County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 486,554 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $7,850 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Queen Valley, Arizona: $7.02 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7,850
Per resident: $7.02; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Acquisition Service$7,850100%

Top recipients

FEDERAL CONTRACTS LLC$7,850100%

Spending by fiscal year

533.5KFY2017
1.8MFY2018
15KFY2019
8.2KFY2020
21.1KFY2021
2.9KFY2022
2.2KFY2023
3.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$7,850100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Queen Valley, Arizona, so they do not add up across cities.

Queen Valley, Arizona's figures are part of those of Pinal County, AZ ($56.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Queen Valley is mostly in Pinal County.

See federal money in Pinal County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Queen Valley, Arizona is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Pinal County30100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ54

Other cities and towns in Pinal County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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