Cave Creek vs Citrus Park

A side-by-side comparison of Cave Creek and Citrus Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Cave Creek and Citrus Park are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Citrus Park has the higher population (5,136 vs 5,033 in Cave Creek). Citrus Park has the higher median household income ($136,653 vs $102,589 in Cave Creek). Cave Creek has the higher median home value ($791,900 vs $659,700 in Citrus Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Creek	Citrus Park
Population	5,033	5,136
Median age	60.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,589	$136,653
Median home value	$791,900	$659,700
Median gross rent	$2,096	$2,823
Housing units	2,713	1,768
Homeownership rate	94.6%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Creek	Citrus Park
Population	5,670 → 5,033 (-11.2%)	5,376 → 5,136 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$83,787 → $102,589 (+22.4%)	$108,750 → $136,653 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$482,600 → $791,900 (+64.1%)	$407,400 → $659,700 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $2,096 (+57.0%)	$1,869 → $2,823 (+51.0%)

Cave Creek

Population

5,6705,033

Median household income

$83,787$102,589

Median home value

$482,600$791,900

Median gross rent

$1,335$2,096

Citrus Park

Population

5,3765,136

Median household income

$108,750$136,653

Median home value

$407,400$659,700

Median gross rent

$1,869$2,823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Creek	Citrus Park
Under 5	3.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	8.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	4.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	4.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	16.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	24.0%	13.5%
75 and over	17.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Creek	Citrus Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	62.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	4.7%
Asian	1.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Creek	Citrus Park
No high school diploma	0.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	20.4%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Creek	Citrus Park
Drove alone	56.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.6%	16.7%
Other means	5.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Creek	Citrus Park
1-unit, detached	82.8%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cave Creek	Citrus Park
Poverty rate	8.9%	7.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1997	2002