Lake of the Woods vs Taylor

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

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

Taylor has the higher population (4,091 vs 3,227 in Lake of the Woods). Taylor has the higher median household income ($69,945 vs $55,531 in Lake of the Woods). Taylor has the higher median home value ($289,600 vs $208,800 in Lake of the Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	Taylor
Population	3,227	4,091
Median age	54.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,531	$69,945
Median home value	$208,800	$289,600
Median gross rent	$780	$857
Housing units	2,403	1,720
Homeownership rate	82.6%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	Taylor
Population	3,683 → 3,227 (-12.4%)	4,202 → 4,091 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$42,539 → $55,531 (+30.5%)	$43,450 → $69,945 (+61.0%)
Median home value	$150,100 → $208,800 (+39.1%)	$185,900 → $289,600 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $780 (-1.3%)	$662 → $857 (+29.5%)

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

Taylor

Population

4,2024,091

Median household income

$43,450$69,945

Median home value

$185,900$289,600

Median gross rent

$662$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Taylor
Under 5	4.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	3.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	20.4%	18.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.5%
75 and over	16.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	3.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	Taylor
No high school diploma	12.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	22.4%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Taylor
Drove alone	86.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Taylor
1-unit, detached	63.3%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.3%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	Taylor
Poverty rate	16.4%	14.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1986	1999