East Globe vs Wheatfields

A side-by-side comparison of East Globe and Wheatfields: population, income, housing, and more.

East Globe and Wheatfields are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wheatfields has the higher population (409 vs 296 in East Globe). East Globe has the higher median household income ($67,031 vs $50,909 in Wheatfields). Since 2019, East Globe's population has grown faster (+73.1% vs -1.7%).

Population, income & housing

	East Globe	Wheatfields
Population	296	409
Median age	48.3 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,031	$50,909
Median gross rent	—	$864
Housing units	96	337
Homeownership rate	82.3%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Globe	Wheatfields
Population	171 → 296 (+73.1%)	416 → 409 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$66,786 → $67,031 (+0.4%)	$80,375 → $50,909 (-36.7%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $63,100 (+0.3%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$768 → $864 (+12.5%)

East Globe

Population

171296

Median household income

$66,786$67,031

Median home value

$62,900$63,100

Wheatfields

Population

416409

Median household income

$80,375$50,909

Median gross rent

$768$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Globe	Wheatfields
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	30.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	26.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	24.7%	18.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	18.1%
75 and over	5.4%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Globe	Wheatfields
White (non-Hispanic)	5.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	88.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Globe	Wheatfields
No high school diploma	26.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Globe	Wheatfields
Drove alone	30.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	44.3%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	25.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Globe	Wheatfields
1-unit, detached	45.8%	50.4%
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	54.2%	49.6%

Poverty & households

	East Globe	Wheatfields
Poverty rate	9.1%	16.4%
Average household size	3.08	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	55
Median year structure built	1998	1972