Bitter Springs vs Tolani Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bitter Springs and Tolani Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Bitter Springs and Tolani Lake 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 430 in Tolani Lake). Since 2019, Tolani Lake's population has grown faster (+28.4% vs -0.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bitter Springs	Tolani Lake
Population	435	430
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,115	—
Median home value	$64,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$375
Housing units	153	109
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bitter Springs	Tolani Lake
Population	438 → 435 (-0.7%)	335 → 430 (+28.4%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $37,115 (+17.2%)	$23,472 → $54,185 (+130.8%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $64,300 (+2.2%)	$56,700 → $29,100 (-48.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$338 → $375 (+10.9%)

Bitter Springs

Population

438435

Median household income

$31,667$37,115

Median home value

$62,900$64,300

Tolani Lake

Population

335430

Median household income

$23,472$54,185

Median home value

$56,700$29,100

Median gross rent

$338$375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bitter Springs	Tolani Lake
Under 5	4.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	23.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	20.9%
45 to 54	6.7%	4.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.2%
75 and over	3.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bitter Springs	Tolani Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.2%	95.1%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bitter Springs	Tolani Lake
No high school diploma	40.6%	31.4%
High school graduate	41.0%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bitter Springs	Tolani Lake
Drove alone	76.5%	72.4%
Carpooled	23.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bitter Springs	Tolani Lake
1-unit, detached	83.0%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	17.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bitter Springs	Tolani Lake
Poverty rate	8.0%	10.9%
Average household size	3.51	4.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1985	1984