Pinetop-Lakeside vs Whiteriver

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

Pinetop-Lakeside 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 4,103 in Pinetop-Lakeside). Pinetop-Lakeside has the higher median household income ($52,207 vs $38,205 in Whiteriver). Pinetop-Lakeside has the higher median home value ($332,200 vs $57,000 in Whiteriver).

Population, income & housing

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Whiteriver
Population	4,103	4,308
Median age	49.6 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,207	$38,205
Median home value	$332,200	$57,000
Median gross rent	$1,115	$582
Housing units	3,170	1,461
Homeownership rate	75.3%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Whiteriver
Population	4,370 → 4,103 (-6.1%)	4,296 → 4,308 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$56,050 → $52,207 (-6.9%)	$30,536 → $38,205 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $332,200 (+48.2%)	$59,800 → $57,000 (-4.7%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,115 (+36.0%)	$424 → $582 (+37.3%)

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

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)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Whiteriver
Under 5	3.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	25.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	6.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	22.2%	8.2%
75 and over	11.0%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Whiteriver
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	1.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	90.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Whiteriver
No high school diploma	8.6%	31.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Whiteriver
Drove alone	69.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	18.9%	7.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Whiteriver
1-unit, detached	69.6%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Pinetop-Lakeside	Whiteriver
Poverty rate	10.6%	44.0%
Average household size	2.30	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1986	1985