Cave Creek vs Youngtown

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

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

Youngtown has the higher population (6,985 vs 5,033 in Cave Creek). Cave Creek has the higher median household income ($102,589 vs $68,472 in Youngtown). Cave Creek has the higher median home value ($791,900 vs $282,900 in Youngtown).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Creek	Youngtown
Population	5,033	6,985
Median age	60.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,589	$68,472
Median home value	$791,900	$282,900
Median gross rent	$2,096	$1,130
Housing units	2,713	2,629
Homeownership rate	94.6%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Creek	Youngtown
Population	5,670 → 5,033 (-11.2%)	6,802 → 6,985 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$83,787 → $102,589 (+22.4%)	$40,781 → $68,472 (+67.9%)
Median home value	$482,600 → $791,900 (+64.1%)	$155,400 → $282,900 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $2,096 (+57.0%)	$957 → $1,130 (+18.1%)

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

Youngtown

Population

6,8026,985

Median household income

$40,781$68,472

Median home value

$155,400$282,900

Median gross rent

$957$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Creek	Youngtown
Under 5	3.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	8.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	4.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	4.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	18.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	24.0%	7.8%
75 and over	17.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Creek	Youngtown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	45.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	44.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Creek	Youngtown
No high school diploma	0.7%	17.9%
High school graduate	20.4%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Creek	Youngtown
Drove alone	56.0%	70.3%
Carpooled	2.9%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.6%	9.1%
Other means	5.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Creek	Youngtown
1-unit, detached	82.8%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cave Creek	Youngtown
Poverty rate	8.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1997	1979