Flagstaff vs Tuba City

A side-by-side comparison of Flagstaff and Tuba City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Flagstaff has the higher population (76,333 vs 8,265 in Tuba City). Flagstaff has the higher median household income ($68,041 vs $61,092 in Tuba City). Flagstaff has the higher median home value ($503,400 vs $66,700 in Tuba City).

Population, income & housing

	Flagstaff	Tuba City
Population	76,333	8,265
Median age	26.0 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,041	$61,092
Median home value	$503,400	$66,700
Median gross rent	$1,555	$838
Housing units	31,466	2,671
Homeownership rate	41.9%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flagstaff	Tuba City
Population	72,402 → 76,333 (+5.4%)	8,609 → 8,265 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$58,748 → $68,041 (+15.8%)	$47,119 → $61,092 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$351,600 → $503,400 (+43.2%)	$47,500 → $66,700 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,265 → $1,555 (+22.9%)	$632 → $838 (+32.6%)

Flagstaff

Population

72,40276,333

Median household income

$58,748$68,041

Median home value

$351,600$503,400

Median gross rent

$1,265$1,555

Tuba City

Population

8,6098,265

Median household income

$47,119$61,092

Median home value

$47,500$66,700

Median gross rent

$632$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flagstaff	Tuba City
Under 5	4.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	22.0%
18 to 24	30.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.4%
75 and over	3.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flagstaff	Tuba City
White (non-Hispanic)	58.1%	4.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.9%	88.7%
Asian	2.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flagstaff	Tuba City
No high school diploma	4.3%	17.1%
High school graduate	15.4%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flagstaff	Tuba City
Drove alone	62.6%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	3.8%
Public transit	2.4%	2.3%
Walked	8.8%	8.3%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flagstaff	Tuba City
1-unit, detached	42.4%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	12.1%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Flagstaff	Tuba City
Poverty rate	19.4%	27.5%
Average household size	2.32	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1992	1986