Canyon Day vs Peridot

A side-by-side comparison of Canyon Day and Peridot: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canyon Day has the higher population (1,426 vs 1,141 in Peridot). Peridot has the higher median household income ($44,083 vs $36,563 in Canyon Day). Canyon Day has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $59,700 in Peridot).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon Day	Peridot
Population	1,426	1,141
Median age	18.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,563	$44,083
Median home value	$85,000	$59,700
Median gross rent	$691	$612
Housing units	326	366
Homeownership rate	61.5%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon Day	Peridot
Population	1,629 → 1,426 (-12.5%)	1,676 → 1,141 (-31.9%)
Median household income	$29,042 → $36,563 (+25.9%)	$37,462 → $44,083 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $85,000 (+56.8%)	$26,300 → $59,700 (+127.0%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $691 (+20.6%)	$354 → $612 (+72.9%)

Canyon Day

Population

1,6291,426

Median household income

$29,042$36,563

Median home value

$54,200$85,000

Median gross rent

$573$691

Peridot

Population

1,6761,141

Median household income

$37,462$44,083

Median home value

$26,300$59,700

Median gross rent

$354$612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon Day	Peridot
Under 5	14.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	35.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	4.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	8.7%	7.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	18.1%
75 and over	3.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon Day	Peridot
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	7.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.8%	69.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	23.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon Day	Peridot
No high school diploma	26.0%	35.3%
High school graduate	40.5%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon Day	Peridot
Drove alone	58.4%	52.1%
Carpooled	25.5%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	10.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon Day	Peridot
1-unit, detached	94.8%	82.2%
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	5.2%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Canyon Day	Peridot
Poverty rate	48.0%	24.2%
Average household size	5.28	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1991	1988