San Jose vs Thatcher

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

San Jose 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 560 in San Jose). Thatcher has the higher median household income ($77,455 vs $46,339 in San Jose). Thatcher has the higher median home value ($274,400 vs $162,500 in San Jose).

Population, income & housing

	San Jose	Thatcher
Population	560	5,354
Median age	35.4 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,339	$77,455
Median home value	$162,500	$274,400
Median gross rent	—	$967
Housing units	231	1,862
Homeownership rate	71.4%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Jose	Thatcher
Population	718 → 560 (-22.0%)	5,047 → 5,354 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$52,045 → $46,339 (-11.0%)	$61,106 → $77,455 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$119,300 → $162,500 (+36.2%)	$173,700 → $274,400 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$905 → $967 (+6.9%)

San Jose

Population

718560

Median household income

$52,045$46,339

Median home value

$119,300$162,500

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)

	San Jose	Thatcher
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	14.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	4.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	22.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	8.1%
65 to 74	15.9%	10.0%
75 and over	2.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Jose	Thatcher
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	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	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	63.0%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Jose	Thatcher
No high school diploma	19.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	32.4%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Jose	Thatcher
Drove alone	71.1%	73.6%
Carpooled	1.3%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	3.8%
Other means	8.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Jose	Thatcher
1-unit, detached	63.6%	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	36.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	San Jose	Thatcher
Poverty rate	7.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1984	1991