Cave Creek vs Guadalupe

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

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

Guadalupe has the higher population (5,293 vs 5,033 in Cave Creek). Cave Creek has the higher median household income ($102,589 vs $58,507 in Guadalupe). Cave Creek has the higher median home value ($791,900 vs $233,500 in Guadalupe).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Creek	Guadalupe
Population	5,033	5,293
Median age	60.3 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,589	$58,507
Median home value	$791,900	$233,500
Median gross rent	$2,096	$783
Housing units	2,713	1,687
Homeownership rate	94.6%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Creek	Guadalupe
Population	5,670 → 5,033 (-11.2%)	6,482 → 5,293 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$83,787 → $102,589 (+22.4%)	$38,125 → $58,507 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$482,600 → $791,900 (+64.1%)	$100,100 → $233,500 (+133.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $2,096 (+57.0%)	$640 → $783 (+22.3%)

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

Guadalupe

Population

6,4825,293

Median household income

$38,125$58,507

Median home value

$100,100$233,500

Median gross rent

$640$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Creek	Guadalupe
Under 5	3.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	8.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	4.4%	19.8%
35 to 44	4.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	18.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	24.0%	7.0%
75 and over	17.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Creek	Guadalupe
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	2.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	15.9%
Asian	1.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	78.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Creek	Guadalupe
No high school diploma	0.7%	29.6%
High school graduate	20.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Creek	Guadalupe
Drove alone	56.0%	70.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.5%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.6%	6.0%
Other means	5.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Creek	Guadalupe
1-unit, detached	82.8%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cave Creek	Guadalupe
Poverty rate	8.9%	22.3%
Average household size	2.17	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1997	1990