Bylas vs Thatcher

A side-by-side comparison of Bylas and Thatcher: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thatcher has the higher population (5,354 vs 1,750 in Bylas). Thatcher has the higher median household income ($77,455 vs $32,214 in Bylas). Thatcher has the higher median home value ($274,400 vs $35,700 in Bylas).

Population, income & housing

	Bylas	Thatcher
Population	1,750	5,354
Median age	29.5 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$32,214	$77,455
Median home value	$35,700	$274,400
Median gross rent	$312	$967
Housing units	560	1,862
Homeownership rate	83.5%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bylas	Thatcher
Population	1,687 → 1,750 (+3.7%)	5,047 → 5,354 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$28,558 → $32,214 (+12.8%)	$61,106 → $77,455 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$30,400 → $35,700 (+17.4%)	$173,700 → $274,400 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$364 → $312 (-14.3%)	$905 → $967 (+6.9%)

Bylas

Population

1,6871,750

Median household income

$28,558$32,214

Median home value

$30,400$35,700

Median gross rent

$364$312

Thatcher

Population

5,0475,354

Median household income

$61,106$77,455

Median home value

$173,700$274,400

Median gross rent

$905$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bylas	Thatcher
Under 5	9.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	14.3%
25 to 34	17.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bylas	Thatcher
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bylas	Thatcher
No high school diploma	23.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	45.4%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bylas	Thatcher
Drove alone	79.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bylas	Thatcher
1-unit, detached	90.4%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Bylas	Thatcher
Poverty rate	40.4%	12.3%
Average household size	3.39	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	2000	1991