Huachuca City vs Whetstone

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

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

Whetstone has the higher population (2,840 vs 1,808 in Huachuca City). Whetstone has the higher median household income ($51,050 vs $47,621 in Huachuca City). Whetstone has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $124,800 in Huachuca City).

Population, income & housing

	Huachuca City	Whetstone
Population	1,808	2,840
Median age	45.8 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,621	$51,050
Median home value	$124,800	$200,600
Median gross rent	$652	$1,057
Housing units	920	1,398
Homeownership rate	66.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huachuca City	Whetstone
Population	1,948 → 1,808 (-7.2%)	2,304 → 2,840 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$39,943 → $47,621 (+19.2%)	$51,622 → $51,050 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $124,800 (+33.0%)	$125,800 → $200,600 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $652 (+0.6%)	$807 → $1,057 (+31.0%)

Huachuca City

Population

1,9481,808

Median household income

$39,943$47,621

Median home value

$93,800$124,800

Median gross rent

$648$652

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)

	Huachuca City	Whetstone
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	13.9%
75 and over	7.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huachuca City	Whetstone
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	63.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.4%
Asian	1.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huachuca City	Whetstone
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huachuca City	Whetstone
Drove alone	79.1%	75.5%
Carpooled	14.4%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huachuca City	Whetstone
1-unit, detached	57.8%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Huachuca City	Whetstone
Poverty rate	23.2%	28.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	40
Median year structure built	1975	1995