Cave Creek vs Litchfield Park

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

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

Litchfield Park has the higher population (6,871 vs 5,033 in Cave Creek). Litchfield Park has the higher median household income ($124,973 vs $102,589 in Cave Creek). Cave Creek has the higher median home value ($791,900 vs $547,700 in Litchfield Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Creek	Litchfield Park
Population	5,033	6,871
Median age	60.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,589	$124,973
Median home value	$791,900	$547,700
Median gross rent	$2,096	$2,230
Housing units	2,713	3,143
Homeownership rate	94.6%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Creek	Litchfield Park
Population	5,670 → 5,033 (-11.2%)	6,073 → 6,871 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$83,787 → $102,589 (+22.4%)	$83,156 → $124,973 (+50.3%)
Median home value	$482,600 → $791,900 (+64.1%)	$318,000 → $547,700 (+72.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $2,096 (+57.0%)	$1,828 → $2,230 (+22.0%)

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

Litchfield Park

Population

6,0736,871

Median household income

$83,156$124,973

Median home value

$318,000$547,700

Median gross rent

$1,828$2,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Creek	Litchfield Park
Under 5	3.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	8.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	4.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	4.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	16.2%	15.9%
55 to 64	18.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	24.0%	13.8%
75 and over	17.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Creek	Litchfield Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	65.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Creek	Litchfield Park
No high school diploma	0.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	20.4%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Creek	Litchfield Park
Drove alone	56.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.6%	27.4%
Other means	5.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Creek	Litchfield Park
1-unit, detached	82.8%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cave Creek	Litchfield Park
Poverty rate	8.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1997	2001