Holbrook vs Whiteriver

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

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

Holbrook has the higher population (4,834 vs 4,308 in Whiteriver). Holbrook has the higher median household income ($61,979 vs $38,205 in Whiteriver). Holbrook has the higher median home value ($138,600 vs $57,000 in Whiteriver).

Population, income & housing

	Holbrook	Whiteriver
Population	4,834	4,308
Median age	36.2 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,979	$38,205
Median home value	$138,600	$57,000
Median gross rent	$941	$582
Housing units	1,793	1,461
Homeownership rate	61.7%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holbrook	Whiteriver
Population	5,037 → 4,834 (-4.0%)	4,296 → 4,308 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$46,679 → $61,979 (+32.8%)	$30,536 → $38,205 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $138,600 (+40.9%)	$59,800 → $57,000 (-4.7%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $941 (+30.2%)	$424 → $582 (+37.3%)

Holbrook

Population

5,0374,834

Median household income

$46,679$61,979

Median home value

$98,400$138,600

Median gross rent

$723$941

Whiteriver

Population

4,2964,308

Median household income

$30,536$38,205

Median home value

$59,800$57,000

Median gross rent

$424$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holbrook	Whiteriver
Under 5	5.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	25.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	6.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.2%
75 and over	5.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holbrook	Whiteriver
White (non-Hispanic)	31.2%	1.2%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	30.5%	90.6%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holbrook	Whiteriver
No high school diploma	12.5%	31.0%
High school graduate	29.5%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	46.1%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holbrook	Whiteriver
Drove alone	82.1%	88.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.1%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	4.6%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holbrook	Whiteriver
1-unit, detached	68.2%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Holbrook	Whiteriver
Poverty rate	21.4%	44.0%
Average household size	2.67	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1974	1985