Naco vs Whetstone

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

Naco 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 1,176 in Naco). Whetstone has the higher median household income ($51,050 vs $49,750 in Naco). Whetstone has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $75,800 in Naco).

Population, income & housing

	Naco	Whetstone
Population	1,176	2,840
Median age	29.2 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,750	$51,050
Median home value	$75,800	$200,600
Median gross rent	$694	$1,057
Housing units	417	1,398
Homeownership rate	84.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naco	Whetstone
Population	931 → 1,176 (+26.3%)	2,304 → 2,840 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$35,294 → $49,750 (+41.0%)	$51,622 → $51,050 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $75,800 (-13.4%)	$125,800 → $200,600 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $694 (-13.6%)	$807 → $1,057 (+31.0%)

Naco

Population

9311,176

Median household income

$35,294$49,750

Median home value

$87,500$75,800

Median gross rent

$803$694

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)

	Naco	Whetstone
Under 5	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	30.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	13.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	3.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	6.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	19.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.9%
75 and over	6.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naco	Whetstone
White (non-Hispanic)	6.8%	63.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	93.2%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naco	Whetstone
No high school diploma	33.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	30.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naco	Whetstone
Drove alone	94.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naco	Whetstone
1-unit, detached	69.1%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Naco	Whetstone
Poverty rate	31.5%	28.9%
Average household size	3.24	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	30	40
Median year structure built	1983	1995