Pinetop-Lakeside vs Snowflake

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

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

Snowflake has the higher population (6,349 vs 4,103 in Pinetop-Lakeside). Snowflake has the higher median household income ($72,753 vs $52,207 in Pinetop-Lakeside). Pinetop-Lakeside has the higher median home value ($332,200 vs $248,000 in Snowflake).

Population, income & housing

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Snowflake
Population	4,103	6,349
Median age	49.6 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,207	$72,753
Median home value	$332,200	$248,000
Median gross rent	$1,115	$1,304
Housing units	3,170	1,913
Homeownership rate	75.3%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Snowflake
Population	4,370 → 4,103 (-6.1%)	5,811 → 6,349 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$56,050 → $52,207 (-6.9%)	$47,206 → $72,753 (+54.1%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $332,200 (+48.2%)	$164,000 → $248,000 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,115 (+36.0%)	$717 → $1,304 (+81.9%)

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

Snowflake

Population

5,8116,349

Median household income

$47,206$72,753

Median home value

$164,000$248,000

Median gross rent

$717$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Snowflake
Under 5	3.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	30.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	7.4%
65 to 74	22.2%	7.0%
75 and over	11.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Snowflake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Snowflake
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	20.8%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Snowflake
Drove alone	69.8%	88.4%
Carpooled	18.9%	4.5%
Public transit	1.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Snowflake
1-unit, detached	69.6%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Snowflake
Poverty rate	10.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.30	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1986	1980