Sanders vs Sawmill

A side-by-side comparison of Sanders and Sawmill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sanders has the higher population (738 vs 666 in Sawmill). Sawmill has the higher median household income ($37,143 vs $31,838 in Sanders). Since 2019, Sanders's population has grown faster (+21.4% vs -14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Sanders	Sawmill
Population	738	666
Median age	27.6 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,838	$37,143
Median home value	—	$39,000
Median gross rent	$608	$600
Housing units	284	231
Homeownership rate	29.2%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	32.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanders	Sawmill
Population	608 → 738 (+21.4%)	775 → 666 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$35,313 → $31,838 (-9.8%)	$18,333 → $37,143 (+102.6%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $105,700 (-13.7%)	$32,500 → $39,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$248 → $608 (+145.2%)	$413 → $600 (+45.3%)

Sanders

Population

608738

Median household income

$35,313$31,838

Median home value

$122,500$105,700

Median gross rent

$248$608

Sawmill

Population

775666

Median household income

$18,333$37,143

Median home value

$32,500$39,000

Median gross rent

$413$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sanders	Sawmill
Under 5	11.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	31.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	17.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	19.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	1.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.9%
75 and over	2.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanders	Sawmill
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.8%	97.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanders	Sawmill
No high school diploma	16.2%	22.1%
High school graduate	49.5%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanders	Sawmill
Drove alone	86.3%	91.6%
Carpooled	1.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.4%
Other means	4.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanders	Sawmill
1-unit, detached	31.3%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.5%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Sanders	Sawmill
Poverty rate	41.6%	38.0%
Average household size	2.63	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	41
Median year structure built	1993	1990