Drexel Heights vs Vail

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

Drexel Heights and Vail 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 15,722 in Vail). Vail has the higher median household income ($121,385 vs $75,152 in Drexel Heights). Vail has the higher median home value ($367,500 vs $233,300 in Drexel Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel Heights	Vail
Population	27,636	15,722
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,152	$121,385
Median home value	$233,300	$367,500
Median gross rent	$1,285	$1,854
Housing units	9,999	5,592
Homeownership rate	81.1%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel Heights	Vail
Population	29,568 → 27,636 (-6.5%)	12,982 → 15,722 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$57,790 → $75,152 (+30.0%)	$85,927 → $121,385 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $233,300 (+70.0%)	$237,500 → $367,500 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,285 (+36.0%)	$1,445 → $1,854 (+28.3%)

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

Vail

Population

12,98215,722

Median household income

$85,927$121,385

Median home value

$237,500$367,500

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drexel Heights	Vail
Under 5	6.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.6%
75 and over	4.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel Heights	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	65.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	75.4%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel Heights	Vail
No high school diploma	15.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	30.0%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel Heights	Vail
Drove alone	73.6%	72.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	7.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	19.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel Heights	Vail
1-unit, detached	72.5%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Drexel Heights	Vail
Poverty rate	14.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1986	2007