Desert Hills vs New Kingman-Butler

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Hills and New Kingman-Butler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Kingman-Butler has the higher population (14,281 vs 2,910 in Desert Hills). Desert Hills has the higher median household income ($68,523 vs $42,604 in New Kingman-Butler). Desert Hills has the higher median home value ($239,200 vs $100,500 in New Kingman-Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Hills	New Kingman-Butler
Population	2,910	14,281
Median age	64.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,523	$42,604
Median home value	$239,200	$100,500
Median gross rent	—	$936
Housing units	2,197	6,529
Homeownership rate	87.7%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Hills	New Kingman-Butler
Population	2,616 → 2,910 (+11.2%)	13,933 → 14,281 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$50,769 → $68,523 (+35.0%)	$36,823 → $42,604 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $239,200 (+42.6%)	$71,200 → $100,500 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $666 (-9.5%)	$786 → $936 (+19.1%)

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

New Kingman-Butler

Population

13,93314,281

Median household income

$36,823$42,604

Median home value

$71,200$100,500

Median gross rent

$786$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Hills	New Kingman-Butler
Under 5	0.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	7.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	1.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	23.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	29.1%	14.0%
75 and over	18.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Hills	New Kingman-Butler
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Hills	New Kingman-Butler
No high school diploma	8.6%	16.1%
High school graduate	27.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Hills	New Kingman-Butler
Drove alone	54.8%	71.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.0%	11.0%
Other means	0.7%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Hills	New Kingman-Butler
1-unit, detached	47.9%	31.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	52.1%	60.7%

Poverty & households

	Desert Hills	New Kingman-Butler
Poverty rate	5.0%	24.1%
Average household size	1.80	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	2000	1989