Lake of the Woods vs Whiteriver

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

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

Whiteriver has the higher population (4,308 vs 3,227 in Lake of the Woods). Lake of the Woods has the higher median household income ($55,531 vs $38,205 in Whiteriver). Lake of the Woods has the higher median home value ($208,800 vs $57,000 in Whiteriver).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	Whiteriver
Population	3,227	4,308
Median age	54.2 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,531	$38,205
Median home value	$208,800	$57,000
Median gross rent	$780	$582
Housing units	2,403	1,461
Homeownership rate	82.6%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	Whiteriver
Population	3,683 → 3,227 (-12.4%)	4,296 → 4,308 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$42,539 → $55,531 (+30.5%)	$30,536 → $38,205 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$150,100 → $208,800 (+39.1%)	$59,800 → $57,000 (-4.7%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $780 (-1.3%)	$424 → $582 (+37.3%)

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

Whiteriver

Population

4,2964,308

Median household income

$30,536$38,205

Median home value

$59,800$57,000

Median gross rent

$424$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Whiteriver
Under 5	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	25.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	3.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	20.4%	6.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.2%
75 and over	16.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Whiteriver
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	1.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	90.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	Whiteriver
No high school diploma	12.6%	31.0%
High school graduate	22.4%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Whiteriver
Drove alone	86.6%	88.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Whiteriver
1-unit, detached	63.3%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	Whiteriver
Poverty rate	16.4%	44.0%
Average household size	2.34	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1986	1985