Lake of the Woods vs Pinetop-Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Lake of the Woods and Pinetop-Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake of the Woods and Pinetop-Lakeside are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pinetop-Lakeside has the higher population (4,103 vs 3,227 in Lake of the Woods). Lake of the Woods has the higher median household income ($55,531 vs $52,207 in Pinetop-Lakeside). Pinetop-Lakeside has the higher median home value ($332,200 vs $208,800 in Lake of the Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	Pinetop-Lakeside
Population	3,227	4,103
Median age	54.2 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,531	$52,207
Median home value	$208,800	$332,200
Median gross rent	$780	$1,115
Housing units	2,403	3,170
Homeownership rate	82.6%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	Pinetop-Lakeside
Population	3,683 → 3,227 (-12.4%)	4,370 → 4,103 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$42,539 → $55,531 (+30.5%)	$56,050 → $52,207 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$150,100 → $208,800 (+39.1%)	$224,100 → $332,200 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $780 (-1.3%)	$820 → $1,115 (+36.0%)

Lake of the Woods

Population

3,6833,227

Median household income

$42,539$55,531

Median home value

$150,100$208,800

Median gross rent

$790$780

Pinetop-Lakeside

Population

4,3704,103

Median household income

$56,050$52,207

Median home value

$224,100$332,200

Median gross rent

$820$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Pinetop-Lakeside
Under 5	4.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.1%
35 to 44	3.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	20.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	22.2%
75 and over	16.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Pinetop-Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	4.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	Pinetop-Lakeside
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Pinetop-Lakeside
Drove alone	86.6%	69.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Pinetop-Lakeside
1-unit, detached	63.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.3%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	Pinetop-Lakeside
Poverty rate	16.4%	10.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1986	1986