Flowing Wells vs Tanque Verde

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

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

Flowing Wells has the higher population (16,989 vs 15,531 in Tanque Verde). Tanque Verde has the higher median household income ($119,212 vs $40,769 in Flowing Wells). Tanque Verde has the higher median home value ($573,000 vs $51,800 in Flowing Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Flowing Wells	Tanque Verde
Population	16,989	15,531
Median age	38.2 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,769	$119,212
Median home value	$51,800	$573,000
Median gross rent	$1,123	$2,145
Housing units	7,934	7,096
Homeownership rate	70.3%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flowing Wells	Tanque Verde
Population	15,755 → 16,989 (+7.8%)	15,638 → 15,531 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$38,434 → $40,769 (+6.1%)	$101,508 → $119,212 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $51,800 (-20.4%)	$386,800 → $573,000 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,123 (+25.5%)	$1,725 → $2,145 (+24.3%)

Flowing Wells

Population

15,75516,989

Median household income

$38,434$40,769

Median home value

$65,100$51,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,123

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)

	Flowing Wells	Tanque Verde
Under 5	6.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	4.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	20.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	18.0%
75 and over	6.6%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flowing Wells	Tanque Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	82.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flowing Wells	Tanque Verde
No high school diploma	19.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flowing Wells	Tanque Verde
Drove alone	71.2%	75.8%
Carpooled	15.6%	4.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.1%	17.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flowing Wells	Tanque Verde
1-unit, detached	26.6%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	61.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flowing Wells	Tanque Verde
Poverty rate	21.4%	2.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1980	1984