Wickenburg vs Youngtown

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

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

Wickenburg has the higher population (7,468 vs 6,985 in Youngtown). Youngtown has the higher median household income ($68,472 vs $65,253 in Wickenburg). Wickenburg has the higher median home value ($449,400 vs $282,900 in Youngtown).

Population, income & housing

	Wickenburg	Youngtown
Population	7,468	6,985
Median age	64.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,253	$68,472
Median home value	$449,400	$282,900
Median gross rent	$975	$1,130
Housing units	4,433	2,629
Homeownership rate	79.6%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wickenburg	Youngtown
Population	7,495 → 7,468 (-0.4%)	6,802 → 6,985 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$47,270 → $65,253 (+38.0%)	$40,781 → $68,472 (+67.9%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $449,400 (+100.5%)	$155,400 → $282,900 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $975 (+60.9%)	$957 → $1,130 (+18.1%)

Wickenburg

Population

7,4957,468

Median household income

$47,270$65,253

Median home value

$224,100$449,400

Median gross rent

$606$975

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)

	Wickenburg	Youngtown
Under 5	2.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	5.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	27.5%	7.8%
75 and over	22.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wickenburg	Youngtown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	45.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	44.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wickenburg	Youngtown
No high school diploma	4.3%	17.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wickenburg	Youngtown
Drove alone	64.7%	70.3%
Carpooled	11.6%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	9.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wickenburg	Youngtown
1-unit, detached	79.2%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.1%
20 or more units	2.1%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wickenburg	Youngtown
Poverty rate	16.4%	10.9%
Average household size	1.90	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1990	1979