Show Low vs Snowflake

A side-by-side comparison of Show Low and Snowflake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Show Low has the higher population (11,913 vs 6,349 in Snowflake). Snowflake has the higher median household income ($72,753 vs $63,376 in Show Low). Show Low has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $248,000 in Snowflake).

Population, income & housing

	Show Low	Snowflake
Population	11,913	6,349
Median age	44.7 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,376	$72,753
Median home value	$275,000	$248,000
Median gross rent	$1,055	$1,304
Housing units	7,989	1,913
Homeownership rate	67.7%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Show Low	Snowflake
Population	11,130 → 11,913 (+7.0%)	5,811 → 6,349 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$46,310 → $63,376 (+36.9%)	$47,206 → $72,753 (+54.1%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $275,000 (+61.0%)	$164,000 → $248,000 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,055 (+13.4%)	$717 → $1,304 (+81.9%)

Show Low

Population

11,13011,913

Median household income

$46,310$63,376

Median home value

$170,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,055

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)

	Show Low	Snowflake
Under 5	5.7%	10.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	30.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	18.6%	7.0%
75 and over	8.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Show Low	Snowflake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Show Low	Snowflake
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	27.6%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Show Low	Snowflake
Drove alone	72.7%	88.4%
Carpooled	15.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.6%	1.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Show Low	Snowflake
1-unit, detached	59.7%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Show Low	Snowflake
Poverty rate	11.0%	15.7%
Average household size	2.32	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1997	1980