Sun Valley is home to 1,460 people in Idaho. The median age is 56.5, about 18 years above the US median. This is an unusually credentialed place: 70% of adults have a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $962,500, having risen by half since 2000. 91% of homes are owner-occupied. That is roughly 62% ahead of the Idaho median.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $125,987, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 56.5
US median: 38.9
More educated
70% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 14%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Sun Valley
What changed most since 1990
Median age36.5 → 56.5(+20.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Homes owned by their occupants71.9% → 90.6%(+18.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate14.7% → 6.0%(−8.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Sun Valley's population equals 5.9% of Blaine County's. Its number of veterans equals 14% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 11% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)28.7%(54)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)40.4%(76)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.7%(69)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.3%(8)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II8.5%(16)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 188 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Sun Valley, decade by decade
Sun Valley population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
941
$99,624
$892,586
51.9%
6.7
2000
1,427
$129,338
$1,112,849
59.5%
24.2
2010
1,406
$76,349
$1,284,068
55.1%
16.0
2020
1,783
$72,447
$1,107,561
69.1%
18.3
2024
1,460
$125,987
$962,500
69.8%
37.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
