Forest Lakes vs Tonalea

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

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

Tonalea has the higher population (275 vs 217 in Forest Lakes). Forest Lakes has the higher median household income ($85,242 vs $34,044 in Tonalea). Since 2019, Forest Lakes's population has grown faster (+19.9% vs -14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Lakes	Tonalea
Population	217	275
Median age	65.1 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,242	$34,044
Median home value	$412,500	—
Median gross rent	—	$940
Housing units	990	105
Homeownership rate	91.2%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Lakes	Tonalea
Population	181 → 217 (+19.9%)	320 → 275 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $85,242 (+17.1%)	$26,250 → $34,044 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$355,300 → $412,500 (+16.1%)	$71,100 → $9,999 (-85.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$856 → $940 (+9.8%)

Forest Lakes

Population

181217

Median household income

$72,813$85,242

Median home value

$355,300$412,500

Tonalea

Population

320275

Median household income

$26,250$34,044

Median home value

$71,100$9,999

Median gross rent

$856$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Lakes	Tonalea
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	31.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	39.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	39.2%	3.3%
75 and over	11.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Lakes	Tonalea
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Lakes	Tonalea
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	0.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Lakes	Tonalea
Drove alone	38.6%	60.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	61.4%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Lakes	Tonalea
1-unit, detached	88.7%	76.2%
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	11.3%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest Lakes	Tonalea
Poverty rate	0.0%	57.1%
Average household size	1.90	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1988	1987