Snowflake vs Whiteriver

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

Snowflake and Whiteriver 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 4,308 in Whiteriver). Snowflake has the higher median household income ($72,753 vs $38,205 in Whiteriver). Snowflake has the higher median home value ($248,000 vs $57,000 in Whiteriver).

Population, income & housing

	Snowflake	Whiteriver
Population	6,349	4,308
Median age	26.9 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,753	$38,205
Median home value	$248,000	$57,000
Median gross rent	$1,304	$582
Housing units	1,913	1,461
Homeownership rate	82.5%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Snowflake	Whiteriver
Population	5,811 → 6,349 (+9.3%)	4,296 → 4,308 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$47,206 → $72,753 (+54.1%)	$30,536 → $38,205 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$164,000 → $248,000 (+51.2%)	$59,800 → $57,000 (-4.7%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,304 (+81.9%)	$424 → $582 (+37.3%)

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

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)

	Snowflake	Whiteriver
Under 5	10.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	30.5%	25.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	6.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.2%
75 and over	4.8%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Snowflake	Whiteriver
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	1.2%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	5.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Snowflake	Whiteriver
No high school diploma	7.9%	31.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Snowflake	Whiteriver
Drove alone	88.4%	88.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Snowflake	Whiteriver
1-unit, detached	88.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Snowflake	Whiteriver
Poverty rate	15.7%	44.0%
Average household size	3.61	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1980	1985