Rainbow City vs Whitecone

A side-by-side comparison of Rainbow City and Whitecone: population, income, housing, and more.

Rainbow City and Whitecone are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whitecone has the higher population (942 vs 901 in Rainbow City). Whitecone has the higher median household income ($28,500 vs $16,953 in Rainbow City). Whitecone has the higher median home value ($130,900 vs $92,700 in Rainbow City).

Population, income & housing

	Rainbow City	Whitecone
Population	901	942
Median age	28.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$16,953	$28,500
Median home value	$92,700	$130,900
Median gross rent	—	$842
Housing units	219	390
Homeownership rate	83.1%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	31.3%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainbow City	Whitecone
Population	1,041 → 901 (-13.4%)	871 → 942 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$22,375 → $16,953 (-24.2%)	$17,344 → $28,500 (+64.3%)
Median home value	$54,500 → $92,700 (+70.1%)	$68,800 → $130,900 (+90.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$635 → $842 (+32.6%)

Rainbow City

Population

1,041901

Median household income

$22,375$16,953

Median home value

$54,500$92,700

Whitecone

Population

871942

Median household income

$17,344$28,500

Median home value

$68,800$130,900

Median gross rent

$635$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rainbow City	Whitecone
Under 5	5.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	35.5%	23.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	4.1%	7.2%
75 and over	5.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainbow City	Whitecone
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.9%	98.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainbow City	Whitecone
No high school diploma	33.2%	30.3%
High school graduate	47.1%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainbow City	Whitecone
Drove alone	100.0%	67.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	6.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainbow City	Whitecone
1-unit, detached	96.8%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Rainbow City	Whitecone
Poverty rate	58.8%	58.0%
Average household size	4.62	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	—	49
Median year structure built	1985	1991