Swift Trail Junction vs Thatcher

A side-by-side comparison of Swift Trail Junction and Thatcher: population, income, housing, and more.

Swift Trail Junction 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 2,889 in Swift Trail Junction). Thatcher has the higher median household income ($77,455 vs $58,105 in Swift Trail Junction). Thatcher has the higher median home value ($274,400 vs $184,000 in Swift Trail Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Swift Trail Junction	Thatcher
Population	2,889	5,354
Median age	36.7 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,105	$77,455
Median home value	$184,000	$274,400
Median gross rent	$873	$967
Housing units	840	1,862
Homeownership rate	68.9%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swift Trail Junction	Thatcher
Population	2,915 → 2,889 (-0.9%)	5,047 → 5,354 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$54,632 → $58,105 (+6.4%)	$61,106 → $77,455 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $184,000 (+91.1%)	$173,700 → $274,400 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $873 (-3.2%)	$905 → $967 (+6.9%)

Swift Trail Junction

Population

2,9152,889

Median household income

$54,632$58,105

Median home value

$96,300$184,000

Median gross rent

$902$873

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)

	Swift Trail Junction	Thatcher
Under 5	6.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	14.3%
25 to 34	18.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	20.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.0%
75 and over	2.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swift Trail Junction	Thatcher
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	77.2%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swift Trail Junction	Thatcher
No high school diploma	27.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	28.4%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swift Trail Junction	Thatcher
Drove alone	72.0%	73.6%
Carpooled	26.1%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swift Trail Junction	Thatcher
1-unit, detached	59.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Swift Trail Junction	Thatcher
Poverty rate	18.8%	12.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	2000	1991