Blue Ridge vs Mountainaire

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge and Mountainaire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Ridge has the higher population (1,037 vs 957 in Mountainaire). Mountainaire has the higher median household income ($94,457 vs $78,598 in Blue Ridge). Mountainaire has the higher median home value ($432,700 vs $422,100 in Blue Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Mountainaire
Population	1,037	957
Median age	68.9 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,598	$94,457
Median home value	$422,100	$432,700
Housing units	2,008	564
Homeownership rate	96.1%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	71.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Mountainaire
Population	886 → 1,037 (+17.0%)	804 → 957 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$77,292 → $78,598 (+1.7%)	$54,423 → $94,457 (+73.6%)
Median home value	$317,600 → $422,100 (+32.9%)	$230,600 → $432,700 (+87.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,355 → $1,634 (+20.6%)

Blue Ridge

Population

8861,037

Median household income

$77,292$78,598

Median home value

$317,600$422,100

Mountainaire

Population

804957

Median household income

$54,423$94,457

Median home value

$230,600$432,700

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Mountainaire
Under 5	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.8%	2.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	0.3%	20.0%
35 to 44	4.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	20.6%
55 to 64	27.9%	22.9%
65 to 74	41.7%	3.2%
75 and over	17.8%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Mountainaire
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Mountainaire
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.6%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Mountainaire
Drove alone	72.4%	67.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Mountainaire
1-unit, detached	97.1%	100.0%
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	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Mountainaire
Poverty rate	5.0%	5.6%
Average household size	1.76	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1994	1986