Pirtleville vs Whetstone

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

Pirtleville 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 1,869 in Pirtleville). Whetstone has the higher median household income ($51,050 vs $49,022 in Pirtleville). Whetstone has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $75,500 in Pirtleville).

Population, income & housing

	Pirtleville	Whetstone
Population	1,869	2,840
Median age	31.8 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,022	$51,050
Median home value	$75,500	$200,600
Median gross rent	$665	$1,057
Housing units	587	1,398
Homeownership rate	81.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pirtleville	Whetstone
Population	1,572 → 1,869 (+18.9%)	2,304 → 2,840 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$35,083 → $49,022 (+39.7%)	$51,622 → $51,050 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $75,500 (-3.7%)	$125,800 → $200,600 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $665 (+13.7%)	$807 → $1,057 (+31.0%)

Pirtleville

Population

1,5721,869

Median household income

$35,083$49,022

Median home value

$78,400$75,500

Median gross rent

$585$665

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)

	Pirtleville	Whetstone
Under 5	1.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	12.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	22.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	6.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	19.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.9%
75 and over	7.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pirtleville	Whetstone
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	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	100.0%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pirtleville	Whetstone
No high school diploma	57.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	14.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pirtleville	Whetstone
Drove alone	79.3%	75.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	5.3%
Other means	5.9%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pirtleville	Whetstone
1-unit, detached	64.9%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	35.1%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Pirtleville	Whetstone
Poverty rate	25.4%	28.9%
Average household size	3.94	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	38	40
Median year structure built	1976	1995