Centennial Park vs Desert Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Centennial Park and Desert Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Desert Hills has the higher population (2,910 vs 1,733 in Centennial Park). Centennial Park has the higher median household income ($75,094 vs $68,523 in Desert Hills). Since 2019, Centennial Park's population has grown faster (+26.9% vs +11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Centennial Park	Desert Hills
Population	1,733	2,910
Median age	16.9 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,094	$68,523
Median home value	—	$239,200
Housing units	321	2,197
Homeownership rate	85.3%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centennial Park	Desert Hills
Population	1,366 → 1,733 (+26.9%)	2,616 → 2,910 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$64,132 → $75,094 (+17.1%)	$50,769 → $68,523 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$176,000 → $227,400 (+29.2%)	$167,800 → $239,200 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$736 → $666 (-9.5%)

Centennial Park

Population

1,3661,733

Median household income

$64,132$75,094

Median home value

$176,000$227,400

Desert Hills

Population

2,6162,910

Median household income

$50,769$68,523

Median home value

$167,800$239,200

Median gross rent

$736$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centennial Park	Desert Hills
Under 5	22.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	32.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	1.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	23.8%
65 to 74	1.5%	29.1%
75 and over	0.0%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centennial Park	Desert Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centennial Park	Desert Hills
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	51.2%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centennial Park	Desert Hills
Drove alone	62.1%	54.8%
Carpooled	20.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	37.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centennial Park	Desert Hills
1-unit, detached	77.6%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	52.1%

Poverty & households

	Centennial Park	Desert Hills
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.0%
Average household size	5.54	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	2004	2000