Douglas vs Willcox

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

Douglas and Willcox 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 3,236 in Willcox). Willcox has the higher median household income ($40,750 vs $39,350 in Douglas). Willcox has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $138,200 in Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Willcox
Population	16,118	3,236
Median age	34.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,350	$40,750
Median home value	$138,200	$155,000
Median gross rent	$755	$885
Housing units	5,570	1,444
Homeownership rate	62.1%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Willcox
Population	16,307 → 16,118 (-1.2%)	3,533 → 3,236 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$35,514 → $39,350 (+10.8%)	$36,756 → $40,750 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$100,300 → $138,200 (+37.8%)	$75,800 → $155,000 (+104.5%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $755 (+23.4%)	$576 → $885 (+53.6%)

Douglas

Population

16,30716,118

Median household income

$35,514$39,350

Median home value

$100,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$612$755

Willcox

Population

3,5333,236

Median household income

$36,756$40,750

Median home value

$75,800$155,000

Median gross rent

$576$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas	Willcox
Under 5	7.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.8%
75 and over	4.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Willcox
White (non-Hispanic)	10.8%	35.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	83.5%	60.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Willcox
No high school diploma	24.8%	19.2%
High school graduate	32.6%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Willcox
Drove alone	78.8%	91.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	1.3%
Other means	3.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Willcox
1-unit, detached	72.9%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Willcox
Poverty rate	30.2%	19.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1968	1977