Douglas vs Whetstone

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas and Whetstone: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Douglas has the higher population (16,118 vs 2,840 in Whetstone). Whetstone has the higher median household income ($51,050 vs $39,350 in Douglas). Whetstone has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $138,200 in Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Whetstone
Population	16,118	2,840
Median age	34.0 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,350	$51,050
Median home value	$138,200	$200,600
Median gross rent	$755	$1,057
Housing units	5,570	1,398
Homeownership rate	62.1%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Whetstone
Population	16,307 → 16,118 (-1.2%)	2,304 → 2,840 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$35,514 → $39,350 (+10.8%)	$51,622 → $51,050 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$100,300 → $138,200 (+37.8%)	$125,800 → $200,600 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $755 (+23.4%)	$807 → $1,057 (+31.0%)

Douglas

Population

16,30716,118

Median household income

$35,514$39,350

Median home value

$100,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$612$755

Whetstone

Population

2,3042,840

Median household income

$51,622$51,050

Median home value

$125,800$200,600

Median gross rent

$807$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas	Whetstone
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.9%
75 and over	4.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Whetstone
White (non-Hispanic)	10.8%	63.7%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	83.5%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Whetstone
No high school diploma	24.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	32.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Whetstone
Drove alone	78.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	15.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.3%
Other means	3.3%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Whetstone
1-unit, detached	72.9%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Whetstone
Poverty rate	30.2%	28.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	40
Median year structure built	1968	1995