Cameron vs Mountainaire

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

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

Mountainaire has the higher population (957 vs 766 in Cameron). Mountainaire has the higher median household income ($94,457 vs $45,313 in Cameron). Mountainaire has the higher median home value ($432,700 vs $58,200 in Cameron).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron	Mountainaire
Population	766	957
Median age	38.7 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,313	$94,457
Median home value	$58,200	$432,700
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	300	564
Homeownership rate	85.2%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	71.0%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron	Mountainaire
Population	929 → 766 (-17.5%)	804 → 957 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$36,500 → $45,313 (+24.1%)	$54,423 → $94,457 (+73.6%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $58,200 (+2.6%)	$230,600 → $432,700 (+87.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $842 (+46.4%)	$1,355 → $1,634 (+20.6%)

Cameron

Population

929766

Median household income

$36,500$45,313

Median home value

$56,700$58,200

Median gross rent

$575$842

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)

	Cameron	Mountainaire
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	2.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	19.2%	20.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	20.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	22.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	3.2%
75 and over	7.8%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron	Mountainaire
White (non-Hispanic)	4.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.9%	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	1.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron	Mountainaire
No high school diploma	19.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.1%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron	Mountainaire
Drove alone	67.5%	67.6%
Carpooled	13.2%	19.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron	Mountainaire
1-unit, detached	48.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	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	50.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cameron	Mountainaire
Poverty rate	23.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.99	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	35	20
Median year structure built	1987	1986