Bluewater vs Salome

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

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

Bluewater has the higher population (804 vs 731 in Salome). Salome has the higher median home value ($117,700 vs $102,400 in Bluewater). Since 2019, Bluewater's population has grown faster (-17.5% vs -47.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewater	Salome
Population	804	731
Median age	57.4 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,818	—
Median home value	$102,400	$117,700
Median gross rent	$928	—
Housing units	710	832
Homeownership rate	76.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewater	Salome
Population	974 → 804 (-17.5%)	1,379 → 731 (-47.0%)
Median household income	$39,968 → $61,818 (+54.7%)	$32,946 → $79,745 (+142.0%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $102,400 (+93.6%)	$51,400 → $117,700 (+129.0%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $928 (+22.8%)	—

Bluewater

Population

974804

Median household income

$39,968$61,818

Median home value

$52,900$102,400

Median gross rent

$756$928

Salome

Population

1,379731

Median household income

$32,946$79,745

Median home value

$51,400$117,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewater	Salome
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	1.2%
45 to 54	4.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	50.1%
75 and over	26.4%	40.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewater	Salome
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewater	Salome
No high school diploma	10.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	35.0%	60.6%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewater	Salome
Drove alone	66.4%	96.5%
Carpooled	32.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewater	Salome
1-unit, detached	12.0%	37.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	87.3%	62.3%

Poverty & households

	Bluewater	Salome
Poverty rate	9.6%	2.1%
Average household size	1.91	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	1979	1987