Pima vs Thatcher

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

Pima 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 2,910 in Pima). Pima has the higher median household income ($97,238 vs $77,455 in Thatcher). Thatcher has the higher median home value ($274,400 vs $261,700 in Pima).

Population, income & housing

	Pima	Thatcher
Population	2,910	5,354
Median age	35.0 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$97,238	$77,455
Median home value	$261,700	$274,400
Median gross rent	$1,047	$967
Housing units	1,174	1,862
Homeownership rate	68.4%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pima	Thatcher
Population	2,513 → 2,910 (+15.8%)	5,047 → 5,354 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $97,238 (+110.2%)	$61,106 → $77,455 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$138,300 → $261,700 (+89.2%)	$173,700 → $274,400 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,047 (+8.7%)	$905 → $967 (+6.9%)

Pima

Population

2,5132,910

Median household income

$46,250$97,238

Median home value

$138,300$261,700

Median gross rent

$963$1,047

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)

	Pima	Thatcher
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	15.1%	14.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.2%	8.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.0%
75 and over	5.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pima	Thatcher
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	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	4.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pima	Thatcher
No high school diploma	9.2%	12.7%
High school graduate	26.0%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pima	Thatcher
Drove alone	74.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	21.1%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pima	Thatcher
1-unit, detached	66.0%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Pima	Thatcher
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1985	1991