Canyon Day vs Tonto Basin

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

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

Tonto Basin has the higher population (1,593 vs 1,426 in Canyon Day). Tonto Basin has the higher median household income ($50,871 vs $36,563 in Canyon Day). Tonto Basin has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $85,000 in Canyon Day).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon Day	Tonto Basin
Population	1,426	1,593
Median age	18.3 yrs	70.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,563	$50,871
Median home value	$85,000	$253,400
Median gross rent	$691	—
Housing units	326	1,285
Homeownership rate	61.5%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon Day	Tonto Basin
Population	1,629 → 1,426 (-12.5%)	1,685 → 1,593 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$29,042 → $36,563 (+25.9%)	$42,215 → $50,871 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $85,000 (+56.8%)	$131,100 → $253,400 (+93.3%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $691 (+20.6%)	$550 → $795 (+44.5%)

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

Tonto Basin

Population

1,6851,593

Median household income

$42,215$50,871

Median home value

$131,100$253,400

Median gross rent

$550$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon Day	Tonto Basin
Under 5	14.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	35.1%	4.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	2.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	3.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	2.0%
45 to 54	4.6%	18.6%
55 to 64	8.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	30.6%
75 and over	3.0%	30.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon Day	Tonto Basin
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.8%	1.6%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon Day	Tonto Basin
No high school diploma	26.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	40.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon Day	Tonto Basin
Drove alone	58.4%	58.4%
Carpooled	25.5%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	29.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon Day	Tonto Basin
1-unit, detached	94.8%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
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%	57.8%

Poverty & households

	Canyon Day	Tonto Basin
Poverty rate	48.0%	18.0%
Average household size	5.28	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1991	1999