Bluewater vs Cienega Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bluewater and Cienega Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluewater and Cienega Springs are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cienega Springs has the higher population (1,640 vs 804 in Bluewater). Bluewater has the higher median household income ($61,818 vs $45,871 in Cienega Springs). Cienega Springs has the higher median home value ($177,300 vs $102,400 in Bluewater).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewater	Cienega Springs
Population	804	1,640
Median age	57.4 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,818	$45,871
Median home value	$102,400	$177,300
Median gross rent	$928	$912
Housing units	710	2,134
Homeownership rate	76.7%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewater	Cienega Springs
Population	974 → 804 (-17.5%)	1,830 → 1,640 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$39,968 → $61,818 (+54.7%)	$36,484 → $45,871 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $102,400 (+93.6%)	$122,400 → $177,300 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $928 (+22.8%)	$797 → $912 (+14.4%)

Bluewater

Population

974804

Median household income

$39,968$61,818

Median home value

$52,900$102,400

Median gross rent

$756$928

Cienega Springs

Population

1,8301,640

Median household income

$36,484$45,871

Median home value

$122,400$177,300

Median gross rent

$797$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewater	Cienega Springs
Under 5	4.7%	0.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	5.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	4.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	22.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.3%
75 and over	26.4%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewater	Cienega Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewater	Cienega Springs
No high school diploma	10.1%	17.0%
High school graduate	35.0%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewater	Cienega Springs
Drove alone	66.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	32.5%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewater	Cienega Springs
1-unit, detached	12.0%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	87.3%	51.3%

Poverty & households

	Bluewater	Cienega Springs
Poverty rate	9.6%	21.7%
Average household size	1.91	1.56
Mean commute (minutes)	8	17
Median year structure built	1979	1979