Rough Rock vs Steamboat

A side-by-side comparison of Rough Rock and Steamboat: population, income, housing, and more.

Rough Rock and Steamboat are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rough Rock has the higher population (452 vs 364 in Steamboat). Rough Rock has the higher median household income ($36,750 vs $29,783 in Steamboat). Rough Rock has the higher median home value ($54,200 vs $39,600 in Steamboat).

Population, income & housing

	Rough Rock	Steamboat
Population	452	364
Median age	44.9 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,750	$29,783
Median home value	$54,200	$39,600
Median gross rent	$595	$850
Housing units	243	133
Homeownership rate	67.8%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	1.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	19.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rough Rock	Steamboat
Population	428 → 452 (+5.6%)	316 → 364 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $36,750 (+27.8%)	$17,031 → $29,783 (+74.9%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $54,200 (-24.0%)	$61,800 → $39,600 (-35.9%)
Median gross rent	$461 → $595 (+29.1%)	$875 → $850 (-2.9%)

Rough Rock

Population

428452

Median household income

$28,750$36,750

Median home value

$71,300$54,200

Median gross rent

$461$595

Steamboat

Population

316364

Median household income

$17,031$29,783

Median home value

$61,800$39,600

Median gross rent

$875$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rough Rock	Steamboat
Under 5	3.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	19.9%	18.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.0%
75 and over	4.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rough Rock	Steamboat
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	99.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rough Rock	Steamboat
No high school diploma	20.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rough Rock	Steamboat
Drove alone	91.9%	87.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rough Rock	Steamboat
1-unit, detached	77.4%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Rough Rock	Steamboat
Poverty rate	25.2%	26.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1987	1984