Joseph City vs White Mountain Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Joseph City and White Mountain Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White Mountain Lake has the higher population (2,678 vs 1,995 in Joseph City). Joseph City has the higher median household income ($75,907 vs $47,661 in White Mountain Lake). Joseph City has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $163,700 in White Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Joseph City	White Mountain Lake
Population	1,995	2,678
Median age	22.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,907	$47,661
Median home value	$174,800	$163,700
Median gross rent	$983	$776
Housing units	617	1,691
Homeownership rate	70.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joseph City	White Mountain Lake
Population	1,672 → 1,995 (+19.3%)	2,700 → 2,678 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$64,963 → $75,907 (+16.8%)	$42,047 → $47,661 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $174,800 (+22.9%)	$108,900 → $163,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $983 (+42.3%)	$860 → $776 (-9.8%)

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

White Mountain Lake

Population

2,7002,678

Median household income

$42,047$47,661

Median home value

$108,900$163,700

Median gross rent

$860$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joseph City	White Mountain Lake
Under 5	13.2%	9.4%
5 to 17	32.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	20.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	6.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	5.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	14.9%
75 and over	2.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joseph City	White Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	0.0%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joseph City	White Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	25.4%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	60.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joseph City	White Mountain Lake
Drove alone	88.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.2%
Other means	5.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joseph City	White Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	59.5%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	48.4%

Poverty & households

	Joseph City	White Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	13.7%	28.7%
Average household size	3.65	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1979	1996