Cactus Flats vs Thatcher

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

Cactus Flats 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 1,550 in Cactus Flats). Thatcher has the higher median household income ($77,455 vs $75,160 in Cactus Flats). Cactus Flats has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $274,400 in Thatcher).

Population, income & housing

	Cactus Flats	Thatcher
Population	1,550	5,354
Median age	42.4 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,160	$77,455
Median home value	$288,600	$274,400
Median gross rent	$233	$967
Housing units	638	1,862
Homeownership rate	86.2%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cactus Flats	Thatcher
Population	1,372 → 1,550 (+13.0%)	5,047 → 5,354 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$43,974 → $75,160 (+70.9%)	$61,106 → $77,455 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$164,500 → $288,600 (+75.4%)	$173,700 → $274,400 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$232 → $233 (+0.4%)	$905 → $967 (+6.9%)

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

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)

	Cactus Flats	Thatcher
Under 5	11.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	17.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.0%
75 and over	5.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cactus Flats	Thatcher
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cactus Flats	Thatcher
No high school diploma	6.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	39.6%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cactus Flats	Thatcher
Drove alone	97.2%	73.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cactus Flats	Thatcher
1-unit, detached	60.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	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	37.5%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Cactus Flats	Thatcher
Poverty rate	8.7%	12.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1995	1991