Drexel Heights vs Tanque Verde

A side-by-side comparison of Drexel Heights and Tanque Verde: population, income, housing, and more.

Drexel Heights and Tanque Verde are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Drexel Heights has the higher population (27,636 vs 15,531 in Tanque Verde). Tanque Verde has the higher median household income ($119,212 vs $75,152 in Drexel Heights). Tanque Verde has the higher median home value ($573,000 vs $233,300 in Drexel Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel Heights	Tanque Verde
Population	27,636	15,531
Median age	37.0 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,152	$119,212
Median home value	$233,300	$573,000
Median gross rent	$1,285	$2,145
Housing units	9,999	7,096
Homeownership rate	81.1%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel Heights	Tanque Verde
Population	29,568 → 27,636 (-6.5%)	15,638 → 15,531 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$57,790 → $75,152 (+30.0%)	$101,508 → $119,212 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $233,300 (+70.0%)	$386,800 → $573,000 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,285 (+36.0%)	$1,725 → $2,145 (+24.3%)

Drexel Heights

Population

29,56827,636

Median household income

$57,790$75,152

Median home value

$137,200$233,300

Median gross rent

$945$1,285

Tanque Verde

Population

15,63815,531

Median household income

$101,508$119,212

Median home value

$386,800$573,000

Median gross rent

$1,725$2,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drexel Heights	Tanque Verde
Under 5	6.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	18.0%
75 and over	4.7%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel Heights	Tanque Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	75.4%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel Heights	Tanque Verde
No high school diploma	15.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	30.0%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel Heights	Tanque Verde
Drove alone	73.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.0%	17.8%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel Heights	Tanque Verde
1-unit, detached	72.5%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Drexel Heights	Tanque Verde
Poverty rate	14.9%	2.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1986	1984