San Tan Valley, Arizona
CDP
About San Tan Valley
Set in the central part of Arizona, San Tan Valley is a small unincorporated community.
San Tan Valley holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 75.79 square miles.
📰 San Tan Valley News Today
- Arizona boy badly injured in scooter crash FOX 10 Phoenix · Aug 14
- 1949 W Vineyard Plains Dr, San Tan Valley, AZ 85144 Realtor.com · Aug 17
- CAC expands nursing program to San Tan Valley PinalCentral.com · Aug 15
- Ironwood and Ranch mixed-use project coming to San Tan Valley azbigmedia.com · Aug 4
- San Tan Valley gears up to launch website yourvalley.net · Aug 8
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes San Tan Valley Unique
- The only place in America named San Tan Valley — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Part of the fabric of Arizona — one of 467 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Easy reach of Queen Creek (5 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
📍 Neighborhoods in San Tan Valley
📍 Castlegate📍 Circle Cross Ranch📍 Copper Basin📍 Encanterra📍 Johnson Ranch📍 Morning Sun Farms📍 Pecan Creek South📍 San Tan Heights📍 The Parks📍 Whitewing in the San Tans
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in San Tan Valley
- Chen's Chinese Restaurant
- Pizza Hut — pizza
- Someburros — mexican
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Angry Crab Shack — seafood
- Barro's Pizza — pizza
- Better Buzz Coffee Queen Creek — coffee shop (café)
- Biscuits Cafe (café)
- Bobo China — chinese
- Brickies Smoke House & Grill — barbecue
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in San Tan Valley
- San Tan Mountain Regional Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Casey Park reviews ★
- Circle Cross Ranch Park reviews ★
- Dog Run reviews ★
- Foothills Park reviews ★
- Green Tree Park reviews ★
- Indigo Sky Recreation Facility reviews ★
- Laguna Park reviews ★
- Lakeview Recreation Center reviews ★
- Larissa Park reviews ★
- Long Branch Park reviews ★
- Love Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in San Tan Valley
- ASDB - ELP Satellite 1 Preschool (JO Combs Preschool)
- American Leadership Academy Ironwood K12
- American Leadership Academy San Tan Valley K-6
- Champion San Tan
- Circle Cross K8 STEM Academy
- Copper Basin
- Early Childhood Learning Center
- Happy Valley School East Campus
- J. O. Combs Middle School
- Poston Butte High School
- Ridgeview College Preparatory High School
- San Tan Heights Elementary
- Skyline Ranch Elementary School
- Walker Butte K-8
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateArizona
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area75.79 sq mi
Coordinates33.1786, -111.5628