Show Low vs Whiteriver

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

Show Low and Whiteriver 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 4,308 in Whiteriver). Show Low has the higher median household income ($63,376 vs $38,205 in Whiteriver). Show Low has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $57,000 in Whiteriver).

Population, income & housing

	Show Low	Whiteriver
Population	11,913	4,308
Median age	44.7 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,376	$38,205
Median home value	$275,000	$57,000
Median gross rent	$1,055	$582
Housing units	7,989	1,461
Homeownership rate	67.7%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Show Low	Whiteriver
Population	11,130 → 11,913 (+7.0%)	4,296 → 4,308 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$46,310 → $63,376 (+36.9%)	$30,536 → $38,205 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $275,000 (+61.0%)	$59,800 → $57,000 (-4.7%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,055 (+13.4%)	$424 → $582 (+37.3%)

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

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)

	Show Low	Whiteriver
Under 5	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	25.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	6.7%
65 to 74	18.6%	8.2%
75 and over	8.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Show Low	Whiteriver
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	1.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	90.6%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Show Low	Whiteriver
No high school diploma	5.4%	31.0%
High school graduate	27.6%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Show Low	Whiteriver
Drove alone	72.7%	88.2%
Carpooled	15.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Show Low	Whiteriver
1-unit, detached	59.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Show Low	Whiteriver
Poverty rate	11.0%	44.0%
Average household size	2.32	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1997	1985