Central Heights-Midland City vs Tonto Basin

A side-by-side comparison of Central Heights-Midland City and Tonto Basin: population, income, housing, and more.

Central Heights-Midland City and Tonto Basin are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Central Heights-Midland City has the higher population (2,678 vs 1,593 in Tonto Basin). Central Heights-Midland City has the higher median household income ($75,347 vs $50,871 in Tonto Basin). Tonto Basin has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $123,400 in Central Heights-Midland City).

Population, income & housing

	Central Heights-Midland City	Tonto Basin
Population	2,678	1,593
Median age	38.0 yrs	70.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,347	$50,871
Median home value	$123,400	$253,400
Median gross rent	$1,264	—
Housing units	1,202	1,285
Homeownership rate	79.1%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Heights-Midland City	Tonto Basin
Population	2,774 → 2,678 (-3.5%)	1,685 → 1,593 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$42,559 → $75,347 (+77.0%)	$42,215 → $50,871 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $123,400 (+11.7%)	$131,100 → $253,400 (+93.3%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,264 (+39.4%)	$550 → $795 (+44.5%)

Central Heights-Midland City

Population

2,7742,678

Median household income

$42,559$75,347

Median home value

$110,500$123,400

Median gross rent

$907$1,264

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)

	Central Heights-Midland City	Tonto Basin
Under 5	6.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	23.3%	4.8%
18 to 24	13.5%	2.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	3.6%
35 to 44	17.8%	2.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	18.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	5.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	30.6%
75 and over	6.5%	30.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Heights-Midland City	Tonto Basin
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	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	4.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Heights-Midland City	Tonto Basin
No high school diploma	11.6%	15.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Heights-Midland City	Tonto Basin
Drove alone	64.1%	58.4%
Carpooled	20.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	29.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Heights-Midland City	Tonto Basin
1-unit, detached	66.5%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	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	32.8%	57.8%

Poverty & households

	Central Heights-Midland City	Tonto Basin
Poverty rate	20.9%	18.0%
Average household size	2.76	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1974	1999