Alpine vs Wide Ruins

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Wide Ruins: population, income, housing, and more.

Alpine and Wide Ruins are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alpine has the higher population (103 vs 28 in Wide Ruins). Since 2019, Wide Ruins's population has grown faster (-26.3% vs -33.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Wide Ruins
Population	103	28
Median age	66.8 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,792	—
Median home value	$190,000	—
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	156	8
Homeownership rate	76.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Wide Ruins
Population	154 → 103 (-33.1%)	38 → 28 (-26.3%)
Median household income	$39,306 → $39,792 (+1.2%)	—
Median home value	$157,800 → $190,000 (+20.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$731 → $900 (+23.1%)	—

Alpine

Population

154103

Median household income

$39,306$39,792

Median home value

$157,800$190,000

Median gross rent

$731$900

Wide Ruins

Population

3828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Wide Ruins
Under 5	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	39.3%
35 to 44	4.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	23.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	14.3%
75 and over	44.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Wide Ruins
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	14.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	78.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Wide Ruins
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.1%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	61.2%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Wide Ruins
Drove alone	82.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Wide Ruins
1-unit, detached	69.9%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	37.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Wide Ruins
Poverty rate	26.2%	0.0%
Average household size	1.36	4.40
Median year structure built	1978	1990