Whetstone vs Willcox

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

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

Willcox has the higher population (3,236 vs 2,840 in Whetstone). Whetstone has the higher median household income ($51,050 vs $40,750 in Willcox). Whetstone has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $155,000 in Willcox).

Population, income & housing

	Whetstone	Willcox
Population	2,840	3,236
Median age	49.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,050	$40,750
Median home value	$200,600	$155,000
Median gross rent	$1,057	$885
Housing units	1,398	1,444
Homeownership rate	73.4%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whetstone	Willcox
Population	2,304 → 2,840 (+23.3%)	3,533 → 3,236 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$51,622 → $51,050 (-1.1%)	$36,756 → $40,750 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $200,600 (+59.5%)	$75,800 → $155,000 (+104.5%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $1,057 (+31.0%)	$576 → $885 (+53.6%)

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

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)

	Whetstone	Willcox
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	19.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.8%
75 and over	11.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whetstone	Willcox
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	35.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	60.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whetstone	Willcox
No high school diploma	5.7%	19.2%
High school graduate	27.1%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whetstone	Willcox
Drove alone	75.5%	91.9%
Carpooled	15.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	1.3%
Other means	3.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whetstone	Willcox
1-unit, detached	57.0%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	42.3%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Whetstone	Willcox
Poverty rate	28.9%	19.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	40	17
Median year structure built	1995	1977