Low Mountain vs Turkey Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Low Mountain and Turkey Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Low Mountain and Turkey Creek are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Low Mountain has the higher population (567 vs 474 in Turkey Creek). Low Mountain has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $82,500 in Turkey Creek). Since 2019, Turkey Creek's population has grown faster (+11.3% vs -21.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Low Mountain	Turkey Creek
Population	567	474
Median age	34.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$18,472	—
Median home value	$121,400	$82,500
Median gross rent	$1,108	—
Housing units	278	136
Homeownership rate	86.8%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	41.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Low Mountain	Turkey Creek
Population	724 → 567 (-21.7%)	426 → 474 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $18,472 (-46.3%)	—
Median home value	$120,100 → $121,400 (+1.1%)	$58,200 → $82,500 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $1,108 (+107.9%)	—

Low Mountain

Population

724567

Median household income

$34,375$18,472

Median home value

$120,100$121,400

Median gross rent

$533$1,108

Turkey Creek

Population

426474

Median home value

$58,200$82,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Low Mountain	Turkey Creek
Under 5	5.1%	14.1%
5 to 17	23.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	13.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	6.2%	20.9%
65 to 74	15.2%	4.6%
75 and over	5.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Low Mountain	Turkey Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	14.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.8%	74.3%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Low Mountain	Turkey Creek
No high school diploma	31.1%	44.2%
High school graduate	35.7%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Low Mountain	Turkey Creek
Drove alone	39.7%	67.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	22.9%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.2%	0.0%
Other means	9.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Low Mountain	Turkey Creek
1-unit, detached	97.8%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Low Mountain	Turkey Creek
Poverty rate	47.8%	21.5%
Average household size	2.77	3.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1991	1983