Arizona · Census place 0469480

Star Valley, Arizona

Star Valley is a town in Gila County, Arizona with an estimated 2,547 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 76th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,547
#76 of 85 in Arizona
Change since 2020
+2.4%
+59 people
Land area
36.1 sq mi
Density
70 / sq mi
State median 980
Orange pin: Star Valley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Phoenix.

Star Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Star Valley added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

2,48820202,52420212,53920222,54320232,5472024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,481. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Star Valley covers 36.14 square miles of land, for 70 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Star Valley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Star Valley is in

All of Star Valley's residents live in Gila County, which had 54,073 residents in 2024. Star Valley holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Star Valley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Star Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85541. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Star Valley is

The Census internal point of Star Valley is at 34.254700, -111.220700. Phoenix, the capital, is 74.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Payson, AZ (16,762 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Scottsdale, AZ, 53.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.254700, -111.220700
DMS
34°15'16.92"N 111°13'14.52"W
UTM
12N 479679.8E 3790419.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
856C7Q3H+VP

Daylight in Star Valley

At 34.25° N, Star Valley gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Star Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Payson, 5.7 miles away, with 16,762 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Star Valley, AZ?

2,547 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (2.4%) from 2,488 in July 2020.

What county is Star Valley in?

Gila County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Star Valley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85541.

How far is Star Valley from Phoenix?

74.2 miles (119.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Star Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Star Valley?

Payson, AZ, with 16,762 residents, 5.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.