Joseph City vs North Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Joseph City and North Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

Joseph City and North Fork are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Joseph City has the higher population (1,995 vs 1,454 in North Fork). North Fork has the higher median household income ($89,700 vs $75,907 in Joseph City). Joseph City has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $88,100 in North Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Joseph City	North Fork
Population	1,995	1,454
Median age	22.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,907	$89,700
Median home value	$174,800	$88,100
Median gross rent	$983	$768
Housing units	617	539
Homeownership rate	70.0%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joseph City	North Fork
Population	1,672 → 1,995 (+19.3%)	1,676 → 1,454 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$64,963 → $75,907 (+16.8%)	$50,793 → $89,700 (+76.6%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $174,800 (+22.9%)	$53,900 → $88,100 (+63.5%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $983 (+42.3%)	$582 → $768 (+32.0%)

Joseph City

Population

1,6721,995

Median household income

$64,963$75,907

Median home value

$142,200$174,800

Median gross rent

$691$983

North Fork

Population

1,6761,454

Median household income

$50,793$89,700

Median home value

$53,900$88,100

Median gross rent

$582$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joseph City	North Fork
Under 5	13.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	32.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	6.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	5.7%	21.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	5.4%
75 and over	2.2%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joseph City	North Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	3.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	96.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joseph City	North Fork
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.0%
High school graduate	25.4%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	60.2%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joseph City	North Fork
Drove alone	88.2%	67.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joseph City	North Fork
1-unit, detached	59.5%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Joseph City	North Fork
Poverty rate	13.7%	14.5%
Average household size	3.65	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1979	1989