Colorado City vs Scenic

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

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

Colorado City has the higher population (2,598 vs 1,931 in Scenic). Colorado City has the higher median household income ($75,234 vs $32,629 in Scenic). Since 2019, Scenic's population has grown faster (+13.5% vs -46.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Colorado City	Scenic
Population	2,598	1,931
Median age	20.4 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,234	$32,629
Median home value	—	$223,900
Housing units	493	1,019
Homeownership rate	52.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colorado City	Scenic
Population	4,836 → 2,598 (-46.3%)	1,701 → 1,931 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $75,234 (+55.7%)	$44,902 → $32,629 (-27.3%)
Median home value	—	$207,000 → $223,900 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,286 (+96.6%)	—

Colorado City

Population

4,8362,598

Median household income

$48,333$75,234

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,286

Scenic

Population

1,7011,931

Median household income

$44,902$32,629

Median home value

$207,000$223,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colorado City	Scenic
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	36.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	18.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	6.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	2.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	1.0%	27.3%
75 and over	0.0%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colorado City	Scenic
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colorado City	Scenic
No high school diploma	30.6%	20.9%
High school graduate	33.4%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colorado City	Scenic
Drove alone	59.7%	88.5%
Carpooled	26.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colorado City	Scenic
1-unit, detached	85.6%	60.2%
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%	39.8%

Poverty & households

	Colorado City	Scenic
Poverty rate	29.4%	25.5%
Average household size	5.89	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1993	2005