Hayden vs Wheatfields

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

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

Hayden has the higher population (412 vs 409 in Wheatfields). Wheatfields has the higher median household income ($50,909 vs $28,654 in Hayden). Since 2019, Wheatfields's population has grown faster (-1.7% vs -21.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden	Wheatfields
Population	412	409
Median age	48.0 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$28,654	$50,909
Median home value	$37,400	—
Median gross rent	—	$864
Housing units	248	337
Homeownership rate	75.9%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	40.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden	Wheatfields
Population	525 → 412 (-21.5%)	416 → 409 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $28,654 (-23.6%)	$80,375 → $50,909 (-36.7%)
Median home value	$34,500 → $37,400 (+8.4%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$768 → $864 (+12.5%)

Hayden

Population

525412

Median household income

$37,500$28,654

Median home value

$34,500$37,400

Wheatfields

Population

416409

Median household income

$80,375$50,909

Median gross rent

$768$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayden	Wheatfields
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	23.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.4%	26.4%
45 to 54	23.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	18.1%
75 and over	13.3%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden	Wheatfields
White (non-Hispanic)	15.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	85.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden	Wheatfields
No high school diploma	14.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	41.6%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden	Wheatfields
Drove alone	73.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	15.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden	Wheatfields
1-unit, detached	93.5%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	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%	49.6%

Poverty & households

	Hayden	Wheatfields
Poverty rate	31.6%	16.4%
Average household size	2.37	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	55
Median year structure built	1953	1972