Circle City vs St. Johns

A side-by-side comparison of Circle City and St. Johns: population, income, housing, and more.

Circle City and St. Johns are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Circle City has the higher population (857 vs 596 in St. Johns). St. Johns has the higher median household income ($51,583 vs $34,056 in Circle City). St. Johns has the higher median home value ($323,300 vs $164,600 in Circle City).

Population, income & housing

	Circle City	St. Johns
Population	857	596
Median age	41.7 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,056	$51,583
Median home value	$164,600	$323,300
Median gross rent	$925	—
Housing units	363	161
Homeownership rate	76.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Circle City	St. Johns
Population	680 → 857 (+26.0%)	675 → 596 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$27,302 → $34,056 (+24.7%)	$57,321 → $51,583 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $164,600 (+113.8%)	$143,800 → $323,300 (+124.8%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $925 (+0.4%)	—

Circle City

Population

680857

Median household income

$27,302$34,056

Median home value

$77,000$164,600

Median gross rent

$921$925

St. Johns

Population

675596

Median household income

$57,321$51,583

Median home value

$143,800$323,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Circle City	St. Johns
Under 5	8.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	20.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	4.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	24.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	3.9%
75 and over	7.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Circle City	St. Johns
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	57.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	19.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Circle City	St. Johns
No high school diploma	14.3%	20.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Circle City	St. Johns
Drove alone	59.9%	60.4%
Carpooled	18.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	28.3%
Other means	21.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Circle City	St. Johns
1-unit, detached	59.0%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Circle City	St. Johns
Poverty rate	23.5%	24.8%
Average household size	2.36	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	42	22
Median year structure built	1988	2007