Arizona City vs Gold Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Arizona City and Gold Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Arizona City and Gold Canyon are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gold Canyon has the higher population (12,488 vs 8,681 in Arizona City). Gold Canyon has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $54,519 in Arizona City). Gold Canyon has the higher median home value ($469,600 vs $219,400 in Arizona City).

Population, income & housing

	Arizona City	Gold Canyon
Population	8,681	12,488
Median age	52.3 yrs	66.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,519	$85,833
Median home value	$219,400	$469,600
Median gross rent	$973	$1,213
Housing units	4,432	7,897
Homeownership rate	79.3%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arizona City	Gold Canyon
Population	11,200 → 8,681 (-22.5%)	11,612 → 12,488 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$40,355 → $54,519 (+35.1%)	$75,518 → $85,833 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $219,400 (+95.0%)	$298,100 → $469,600 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $973 (+4.4%)	$1,013 → $1,213 (+19.7%)

Arizona City

Population

11,2008,681

Median household income

$40,355$54,519

Median home value

$112,500$219,400

Median gross rent

$932$973

Gold Canyon

Population

11,61212,488

Median household income

$75,518$85,833

Median home value

$298,100$469,600

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arizona City	Gold Canyon
Under 5	6.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	5.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	4.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.2%
65 to 74	20.9%	31.3%
75 and over	8.4%	21.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arizona City	Gold Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arizona City	Gold Canyon
No high school diploma	15.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	30.4%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arizona City	Gold Canyon
Drove alone	72.8%	66.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.0%	24.8%
Other means	3.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arizona City	Gold Canyon
1-unit, detached	67.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Arizona City	Gold Canyon
Poverty rate	12.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	2001	2002