Bitter Springs vs Oak Creek Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Bitter Springs and Oak Creek Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bitter Springs and Oak Creek Canyon are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bitter Springs has the higher population (435 vs 321 in Oak Creek Canyon). Oak Creek Canyon has the higher median household income ($37,330 vs $37,115 in Bitter Springs). Oak Creek Canyon has the higher median home value ($326,900 vs $64,300 in Bitter Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bitter Springs	Oak Creek Canyon
Population	435	321
Median age	34.6 yrs	67.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,115	$37,330
Median home value	$64,300	$326,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,292
Housing units	153	427
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bitter Springs	Oak Creek Canyon
Population	438 → 435 (-0.7%)	295 → 321 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $37,115 (+17.2%)	$24,420 → $37,330 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $64,300 (+2.2%)	$456,500 → $326,900 (-28.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$731 → $1,292 (+76.7%)

Bitter Springs

Population

438435

Median household income

$31,667$37,115

Median home value

$62,900$64,300

Oak Creek Canyon

Population

295321

Median household income

$24,420$37,330

Median home value

$456,500$326,900

Median gross rent

$731$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bitter Springs	Oak Creek Canyon
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.7%	5.9%
18 to 24	12.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	3.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	5.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	31.8%
75 and over	3.9%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bitter Springs	Oak Creek Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bitter Springs	Oak Creek Canyon
No high school diploma	40.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.0%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bitter Springs	Oak Creek Canyon
Drove alone	76.5%	51.9%
Carpooled	23.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	17.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bitter Springs	Oak Creek Canyon
1-unit, detached	83.0%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	45.9%

Poverty & households

	Bitter Springs	Oak Creek Canyon
Poverty rate	8.0%	23.2%
Average household size	3.51	1.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	11
Median year structure built	1985	1982