Tonalea vs Tusayan

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

Tonalea 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 275 in Tonalea). Since 2019, Tusayan's population has grown faster (+25.9% vs -14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Tonalea	Tusayan
Population	275	374
Median age	21.9 yrs	25.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,044	—
Median gross rent	$940	$423
Housing units	105	160
Homeownership rate	43.7%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tonalea	Tusayan
Population	320 → 275 (-14.1%)	297 → 374 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $34,044 (+29.7%)	$53,438 → $65,039 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $9,999 (-85.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$856 → $940 (+9.8%)	$613 → $423 (-31.0%)

Tonalea

Population

320275

Median household income

$26,250$34,044

Median home value

$71,100$9,999

Median gross rent

$856$940

Tusayan

Population

297374

Median household income

$53,438$65,039

Median gross rent

$613$423

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tonalea	Tusayan
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	31.6%	24.6%
18 to 24	13.1%	16.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	23.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	3.3%	0.0%
75 and over	5.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tonalea	Tusayan
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	23.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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	0.0%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tonalea	Tusayan
No high school diploma	10.9%	12.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tonalea	Tusayan
Drove alone	60.4%	41.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	22.9%	34.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	15.7%
Worked from home	16.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tonalea	Tusayan
1-unit, detached	76.2%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Tonalea	Tusayan
Poverty rate	57.1%	24.3%
Average household size	3.16	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	16	9
Median year structure built	1987	1990