Taylor vs Whiteriver

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

Taylor 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 4,091 in Taylor). Taylor has the higher median household income ($69,945 vs $38,205 in Whiteriver). Taylor has the higher median home value ($289,600 vs $57,000 in Whiteriver).

Population, income & housing

	Taylor	Whiteriver
Population	4,091	4,308
Median age	44.3 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,945	$38,205
Median home value	$289,600	$57,000
Median gross rent	$857	$582
Housing units	1,720	1,461
Homeownership rate	83.3%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taylor	Whiteriver
Population	4,202 → 4,091 (-2.6%)	4,296 → 4,308 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$43,450 → $69,945 (+61.0%)	$30,536 → $38,205 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$185,900 → $289,600 (+55.8%)	$59,800 → $57,000 (-4.7%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $857 (+29.5%)	$424 → $582 (+37.3%)

Taylor

Population

4,2024,091

Median household income

$43,450$69,945

Median home value

$185,900$289,600

Median gross rent

$662$857

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)

	Taylor	Whiteriver
Under 5	7.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	25.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	18.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.2%
75 and over	10.0%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taylor	Whiteriver
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	1.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	90.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taylor	Whiteriver
No high school diploma	7.9%	31.0%
High school graduate	20.2%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taylor	Whiteriver
Drove alone	75.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taylor	Whiteriver
1-unit, detached	75.9%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Taylor	Whiteriver
Poverty rate	14.1%	44.0%
Average household size	2.53	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1999	1985