Oak Creek Canyon vs Tusayan

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

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

Tusayan has the higher population (374 vs 321 in Oak Creek Canyon). Since 2019, Tusayan's population has grown faster (+25.9% vs +8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Creek Canyon	Tusayan
Population	321	374
Median age	67.8 yrs	25.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,330	—
Median home value	$326,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,292	$423
Housing units	427	160
Homeownership rate	74.7%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Creek Canyon	Tusayan
Population	295 → 321 (+8.8%)	297 → 374 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$24,420 → $37,330 (+52.9%)	$53,438 → $65,039 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$456,500 → $326,900 (-28.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$731 → $1,292 (+76.7%)	$613 → $423 (-31.0%)

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

Tusayan

Population

297374

Median household income

$53,438$65,039

Median gross rent

$613$423

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Creek Canyon	Tusayan
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.9%	24.6%
18 to 24	3.4%	16.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	23.3%
35 to 44	3.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	5.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	31.8%	0.0%
75 and over	23.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Creek Canyon	Tusayan
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	23.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	38.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Creek Canyon	Tusayan
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.6%
High school graduate	21.6%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	51.9%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Creek Canyon	Tusayan
Drove alone	51.9%	41.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.9%	34.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	15.7%
Worked from home	20.8%	0.0%
Other means	9.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Creek Canyon	Tusayan
1-unit, detached	34.0%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.3%
20 or more units	7.5%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	45.9%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Oak Creek Canyon	Tusayan
Poverty rate	23.2%	24.3%
Average household size	1.43	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	11	9
Median year structure built	1982	1990