Forest Lakes vs Oak Creek Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Lakes and Oak Creek Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Lakes and Oak Creek Canyon are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Creek Canyon has the higher population (321 vs 217 in Forest Lakes). Forest Lakes has the higher median household income ($85,242 vs $37,330 in Oak Creek Canyon). Forest Lakes has the higher median home value ($412,500 vs $326,900 in Oak Creek Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Lakes	Oak Creek Canyon
Population	217	321
Median age	65.1 yrs	67.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,242	$37,330
Median home value	$412,500	$326,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,292
Housing units	990	427
Homeownership rate	91.2%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Lakes	Oak Creek Canyon
Population	181 → 217 (+19.9%)	295 → 321 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $85,242 (+17.1%)	$24,420 → $37,330 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$355,300 → $412,500 (+16.1%)	$456,500 → $326,900 (-28.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$731 → $1,292 (+76.7%)

Forest Lakes

Population

181217

Median household income

$72,813$85,242

Median home value

$355,300$412,500

Oak Creek Canyon

Population

295321

Median household income

$24,420$37,330

Median home value

$456,500$326,900

Median gross rent

$731$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Lakes	Oak Creek Canyon
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	5.3%
55 to 64	39.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	39.2%	31.8%
75 and over	11.1%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Lakes	Oak Creek Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	4.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Lakes	Oak Creek Canyon
No high school diploma	6.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Lakes	Oak Creek Canyon
Drove alone	38.6%	51.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	17.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	61.4%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Lakes	Oak Creek Canyon
1-unit, detached	88.7%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	45.9%

Poverty & households

	Forest Lakes	Oak Creek Canyon
Poverty rate	0.0%	23.2%
Average household size	1.90	1.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1988	1982