Joseph City vs Wagon Wheel

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

Joseph City and Wagon Wheel 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 1,767 in Wagon Wheel). Joseph City has the higher median household income ($75,907 vs $55,506 in Wagon Wheel). Wagon Wheel has the higher median home value ($258,800 vs $174,800 in Joseph City).

Population, income & housing

	Joseph City	Wagon Wheel
Population	1,995	1,767
Median age	22.4 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,907	$55,506
Median home value	$174,800	$258,800
Median gross rent	$983	$1,069
Housing units	617	1,150
Homeownership rate	70.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joseph City	Wagon Wheel
Population	1,672 → 1,995 (+19.3%)	1,461 → 1,767 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$64,963 → $75,907 (+16.8%)	$48,099 → $55,506 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $174,800 (+22.9%)	$166,500 → $258,800 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $983 (+42.3%)	$794 → $1,069 (+34.6%)

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

Wagon Wheel

Population

1,4611,767

Median household income

$48,099$55,506

Median home value

$166,500$258,800

Median gross rent

$794$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joseph City	Wagon Wheel
Under 5	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	32.9%	10.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	4.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	6.6%	21.0%
55 to 64	5.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	22.2%
75 and over	2.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joseph City	Wagon Wheel
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	5.4%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joseph City	Wagon Wheel
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	25.4%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	60.2%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joseph City	Wagon Wheel
Drove alone	88.2%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.5%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joseph City	Wagon Wheel
1-unit, detached	59.5%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	45.7%

Poverty & households

	Joseph City	Wagon Wheel
Poverty rate	13.7%	8.5%
Average household size	3.65	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1979	1986