Catalina vs Picture Rocks

A side-by-side comparison of Catalina and Picture Rocks: population, income, housing, and more.

Catalina and Picture Rocks are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Picture Rocks has the higher population (9,665 vs 6,908 in Catalina). Catalina has the higher median household income ($79,092 vs $59,745 in Picture Rocks). Catalina has the higher median home value ($267,800 vs $181,200 in Picture Rocks).

Population, income & housing

	Catalina	Picture Rocks
Population	6,908	9,665
Median age	54.6 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,092	$59,745
Median home value	$267,800	$181,200
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,301
Housing units	3,215	3,991
Homeownership rate	86.4%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catalina	Picture Rocks
Population	7,910 → 6,908 (-12.7%)	9,653 → 9,665 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $79,092 (+40.6%)	$55,231 → $59,745 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $267,800 (+59.5%)	$112,600 → $181,200 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,108 (+22.8%)	$1,161 → $1,301 (+12.1%)

Catalina

Population

7,9106,908

Median household income

$56,250$79,092

Median home value

$167,900$267,800

Median gross rent

$902$1,108

Picture Rocks

Population

9,6539,665

Median household income

$55,231$59,745

Median home value

$112,600$181,200

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,301

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catalina	Picture Rocks
Under 5	3.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	23.0%
65 to 74	20.2%	13.6%
75 and over	9.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catalina	Picture Rocks
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	71.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catalina	Picture Rocks
No high school diploma	10.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	22.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catalina	Picture Rocks
Drove alone	76.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catalina	Picture Rocks
1-unit, detached	60.2%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	63.7%

Poverty & households

	Catalina	Picture Rocks
Poverty rate	3.6%	19.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1995	1994