Colorado City vs Desert Hills

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

Colorado City 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 2,598 in Colorado City). Colorado City has the higher median household income ($75,234 vs $68,523 in Desert Hills). Since 2019, Desert Hills's population has grown faster (+11.2% vs -46.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Colorado City	Desert Hills
Population	2,598	2,910
Median age	20.4 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,234	$68,523
Median home value	—	$239,200
Housing units	493	2,197
Homeownership rate	52.8%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colorado City	Desert Hills
Population	4,836 → 2,598 (-46.3%)	2,616 → 2,910 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $75,234 (+55.7%)	$50,769 → $68,523 (+35.0%)
Median home value	—	$167,800 → $239,200 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,286 (+96.6%)	$736 → $666 (-9.5%)

Colorado City

Population

4,8362,598

Median household income

$48,333$75,234

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,286

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)

	Colorado City	Desert Hills
Under 5	4.8%	0.9%
5 to 17	36.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	18.4%	1.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	5.3%
35 to 44	6.6%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	6.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	23.8%
65 to 74	1.0%	29.1%
75 and over	0.0%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colorado City	Desert Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	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	0.6%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colorado City	Desert Hills
No high school diploma	30.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	33.4%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colorado City	Desert Hills
Drove alone	59.7%	54.8%
Carpooled	26.2%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	37.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colorado City	Desert Hills
1-unit, detached	85.6%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	52.1%

Poverty & households

	Colorado City	Desert Hills
Poverty rate	29.4%	5.0%
Average household size	5.89	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1993	2000