Desert Hills vs Scenic

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

Desert Hills and Scenic 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 1,931 in Scenic). Desert Hills has the higher median household income ($68,523 vs $32,629 in Scenic). Desert Hills has the higher median home value ($239,200 vs $223,900 in Scenic).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Hills	Scenic
Population	2,910	1,931
Median age	64.1 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,523	$32,629
Median home value	$239,200	$223,900
Housing units	2,197	1,019
Homeownership rate	87.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Hills	Scenic
Population	2,616 → 2,910 (+11.2%)	1,701 → 1,931 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$50,769 → $68,523 (+35.0%)	$44,902 → $32,629 (-27.3%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $239,200 (+42.6%)	$207,000 → $223,900 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $666 (-9.5%)	—

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

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)

	Desert Hills	Scenic
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	1.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	5.3%	4.1%
35 to 44	6.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	6.2%	2.2%
55 to 64	23.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	29.1%	27.3%
75 and over	18.9%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Hills	Scenic
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Hills	Scenic
No high school diploma	8.6%	20.9%
High school graduate	27.3%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Hills	Scenic
Drove alone	54.8%	88.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.0%	11.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Hills	Scenic
1-unit, detached	47.9%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.1%	39.8%

Poverty & households

	Desert Hills	Scenic
Poverty rate	5.0%	25.5%
Average household size	1.80	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	2000	2005