Poston vs Wenden

A side-by-side comparison of Poston and Wenden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wenden has the higher population (412 vs 168 in Poston). Since 2019, Wenden's population has grown faster (+9.9% vs -30.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Poston	Wenden
Population	168	412
Median age	27.1 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,400
Median gross rent	$375	—
Housing units	79	289
Homeownership rate	0.0%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poston	Wenden
Population	242 → 168 (-30.6%)	375 → 412 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$14,609 → $15,625 (+7.0%)	$25,568 → $43,400 (+69.7%)
Median home value	—	$61,000 → $73,000 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$373 → $375 (+0.5%)	—

Poston

Population

242168

Median household income

$14,609$15,625

Median gross rent

$373$375

Wenden

Population

375412

Median household income

$25,568$43,400

Median home value

$61,000$73,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poston	Wenden
Under 5	20.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	48.8%	0.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	19.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	23.5%
55 to 64	3.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.0%
75 and over	0.0%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poston	Wenden
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	21.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	31.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	48.8%	66.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poston	Wenden
No high school diploma	6.8%	37.6%
High school graduate	93.2%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poston	Wenden
Drove alone	52.1%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	47.9%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poston	Wenden
1-unit, detached	93.7%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	55.7%

Poverty & households

	Poston	Wenden
Poverty rate	71.4%	0.2%
Average household size	2.27	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1979	1978