Holbrook vs Show Low

A side-by-side comparison of Holbrook and Show Low: population, income, housing, and more.

Holbrook and Show Low are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Show Low has the higher population (11,913 vs 4,834 in Holbrook). Show Low has the higher median household income ($63,376 vs $61,979 in Holbrook). Show Low has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $138,600 in Holbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Holbrook	Show Low
Population	4,834	11,913
Median age	36.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,979	$63,376
Median home value	$138,600	$275,000
Median gross rent	$941	$1,055
Housing units	1,793	7,989
Homeownership rate	61.7%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holbrook	Show Low
Population	5,037 → 4,834 (-4.0%)	11,130 → 11,913 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$46,679 → $61,979 (+32.8%)	$46,310 → $63,376 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $138,600 (+40.9%)	$170,800 → $275,000 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $941 (+30.2%)	$930 → $1,055 (+13.4%)

Holbrook

Population

5,0374,834

Median household income

$46,679$61,979

Median home value

$98,400$138,600

Median gross rent

$723$941

Show Low

Population

11,13011,913

Median household income

$46,310$63,376

Median home value

$170,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holbrook	Show Low
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	18.6%
75 and over	5.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holbrook	Show Low
White (non-Hispanic)	31.2%	76.5%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	30.5%	2.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holbrook	Show Low
No high school diploma	12.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	29.5%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	46.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holbrook	Show Low
Drove alone	82.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	15.8%
Public transit	2.2%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.8%	8.7%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holbrook	Show Low
1-unit, detached	68.2%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Holbrook	Show Low
Poverty rate	21.4%	11.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1974	1997