Lake of the Woods vs White Mountain Lake

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

Lake of the Woods 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.

Lake of the Woods has the higher population (3,227 vs 2,678 in White Mountain Lake). Lake of the Woods has the higher median household income ($55,531 vs $47,661 in White Mountain Lake). Lake of the Woods has the higher median home value ($208,800 vs $163,700 in White Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	White Mountain Lake
Population	3,227	2,678
Median age	54.2 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,531	$47,661
Median home value	$208,800	$163,700
Median gross rent	$780	$776
Housing units	2,403	1,691
Homeownership rate	82.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	White Mountain Lake
Population	3,683 → 3,227 (-12.4%)	2,700 → 2,678 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$42,539 → $55,531 (+30.5%)	$42,047 → $47,661 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$150,100 → $208,800 (+39.1%)	$108,900 → $163,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $780 (-1.3%)	$860 → $776 (-9.8%)

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

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)

	Lake of the Woods	White Mountain Lake
Under 5	4.9%	9.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	20.9%
35 to 44	3.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	20.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.9%
75 and over	16.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	White Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	White Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	12.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	22.4%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	White Mountain Lake
Drove alone	86.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	White Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	63.3%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.3%	48.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	White Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	16.4%	28.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1986	1996