Peridot vs Tonto Basin

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

Peridot 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 1,141 in Peridot). Tonto Basin has the higher median household income ($50,871 vs $44,083 in Peridot). Tonto Basin has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $59,700 in Peridot).

Population, income & housing

	Peridot	Tonto Basin
Population	1,141	1,593
Median age	37.2 yrs	70.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,083	$50,871
Median home value	$59,700	$253,400
Median gross rent	$612	—
Housing units	366	1,285
Homeownership rate	71.9%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peridot	Tonto Basin
Population	1,676 → 1,141 (-31.9%)	1,685 → 1,593 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$37,462 → $44,083 (+17.7%)	$42,215 → $50,871 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$26,300 → $59,700 (+127.0%)	$131,100 → $253,400 (+93.3%)
Median gross rent	$354 → $612 (+72.9%)	$550 → $795 (+44.5%)

Peridot

Population

1,6761,141

Median household income

$37,462$44,083

Median home value

$26,300$59,700

Median gross rent

$354$612

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)

	Peridot	Tonto Basin
Under 5	7.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	19.8%	4.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	2.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	2.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	18.6%
55 to 64	7.4%	5.7%
65 to 74	18.1%	30.6%
75 and over	8.2%	30.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peridot	Tonto Basin
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	69.0%	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	23.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peridot	Tonto Basin
No high school diploma	35.3%	15.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peridot	Tonto Basin
Drove alone	52.1%	58.4%
Carpooled	27.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	29.2%
Other means	10.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peridot	Tonto Basin
1-unit, detached	82.2%	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	17.8%	57.8%

Poverty & households

	Peridot	Tonto Basin
Poverty rate	24.2%	18.0%
Average household size	3.41	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1988	1999