Bitter Springs vs Tusayan

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

Bitter Springs and Tusayan 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 374 in Tusayan). Since 2019, Tusayan's population has grown faster (+25.9% vs -0.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bitter Springs	Tusayan
Population	435	374
Median age	34.6 yrs	25.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,115	—
Median home value	$64,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$423
Housing units	153	160
Homeownership rate	100.0%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bitter Springs	Tusayan
Population	438 → 435 (-0.7%)	297 → 374 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $37,115 (+17.2%)	$53,438 → $65,039 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $64,300 (+2.2%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $423 (-31.0%)

Bitter Springs

Population

438435

Median household income

$31,667$37,115

Median home value

$62,900$64,300

Tusayan

Population

297374

Median household income

$53,438$65,039

Median gross rent

$613$423

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bitter Springs	Tusayan
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.7%	24.6%
18 to 24	12.6%	16.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	23.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	0.0%
75 and over	3.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bitter Springs	Tusayan
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	23.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.2%	38.5%
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%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bitter Springs	Tusayan
No high school diploma	40.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	41.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bitter Springs	Tusayan
Drove alone	76.5%	41.6%
Carpooled	23.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	34.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	15.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bitter Springs	Tusayan
1-unit, detached	83.0%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Bitter Springs	Tusayan
Poverty rate	8.0%	24.3%
Average household size	3.51	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	9
Median year structure built	1985	1990