Cactus Flats vs Fort Thomas

A side-by-side comparison of Cactus Flats and Fort Thomas: population, income, housing, and more.

Cactus Flats and Fort Thomas are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cactus Flats has the higher population (1,550 vs 319 in Fort Thomas). Fort Thomas has the higher median household income ($101,083 vs $75,160 in Cactus Flats). Cactus Flats has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $152,500 in Fort Thomas).

Population, income & housing

	Cactus Flats	Fort Thomas
Population	1,550	319
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,160	$101,083
Median home value	$288,600	$152,500
Median gross rent	$233	—
Housing units	638	194
Homeownership rate	86.2%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cactus Flats	Fort Thomas
Population	1,372 → 1,550 (+13.0%)	440 → 319 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$43,974 → $75,160 (+70.9%)	$60,694 → $101,083 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$164,500 → $288,600 (+75.4%)	$117,900 → $152,500 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$232 → $233 (+0.4%)	—

Cactus Flats

Population

1,3721,550

Median household income

$43,974$75,160

Median home value

$164,500$288,600

Median gross rent

$232$233

Fort Thomas

Population

440319

Median household income

$60,694$101,083

Median home value

$117,900$152,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cactus Flats	Fort Thomas
Under 5	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	28.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	5.3%
35 to 44	17.2%	39.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	6.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	3.8%
75 and over	5.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cactus Flats	Fort Thomas
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	95.3%
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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cactus Flats	Fort Thomas
No high school diploma	6.4%	36.4%
High school graduate	39.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cactus Flats	Fort Thomas
Drove alone	97.2%	95.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
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	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cactus Flats	Fort Thomas
1-unit, detached	60.5%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.1%
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	37.5%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Cactus Flats	Fort Thomas
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1995	2002