Indian Wells vs Shonto

A side-by-side comparison of Indian Wells and Shonto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shonto has the higher population (347 vs 325 in Indian Wells). Shonto has the higher median household income ($52,917 vs $45,938 in Indian Wells). Since 2019, Indian Wells's population has grown faster (+8.0% vs -32.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Wells	Shonto
Population	325	347
Median age	46.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,938	$52,917
Median home value	$72,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,088	$785
Housing units	106	217
Homeownership rate	81.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	29.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Wells	Shonto
Population	301 → 325 (+8.0%)	515 → 347 (-32.6%)
Median household income	$29,712 → $45,938 (+54.6%)	$49,821 → $52,917 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $72,200 (+16.5%)	$96,400 → $166,100 (+72.3%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,088 (+13.6%)	$536 → $785 (+46.5%)

Indian Wells

Population

301325

Median household income

$29,712$45,938

Median home value

$62,000$72,200

Median gross rent

$958$1,088

Shonto

Population

515347

Median household income

$49,821$52,917

Median home value

$96,400$166,100

Median gross rent

$536$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Wells	Shonto
Under 5	2.8%	10.7%
5 to 17	22.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	15.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	24.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	2.6%
65 to 74	20.9%	14.7%
75 and over	6.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Wells	Shonto
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	89.5%	97.7%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Wells	Shonto
No high school diploma	33.3%	18.0%
High school graduate	43.8%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Wells	Shonto
Drove alone	68.9%	60.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.4%	22.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Wells	Shonto
1-unit, detached	93.4%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian Wells	Shonto
Poverty rate	36.7%	21.6%
Average household size	3.30	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	57	20
Median year structure built	1988	1967