Blackwater vs Kearny

A side-by-side comparison of Blackwater and Kearny: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Both have a population of 2,245. Blackwater has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $125,700 in Kearny). Since 2019, Blackwater's population has grown faster (+35.2% vs -0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwater	Kearny
Population	2,245	2,245
Median age	28.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,688
Median home value	$214,900	$125,700
Median gross rent	—	$904
Housing units	686	1,010
Homeownership rate	60.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwater	Kearny
Population	1,660 → 2,245 (+35.2%)	2,250 → 2,245 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$33,036 → $25,917 (-21.5%)	$56,094 → $49,688 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $214,900 (+41.9%)	$92,200 → $125,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$977 → $904 (-7.5%)

Blackwater

Population

1,6602,245

Median household income

$33,036$25,917

Median home value

$151,400$214,900

Kearny

Population

2,2502,245

Median household income

$56,094$49,688

Median home value

$92,200$125,700

Median gross rent

$977$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwater	Kearny
Under 5	9.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	25.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	16.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	5.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	2.4%	18.9%
75 and over	8.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwater	Kearny
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	59.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	50.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	39.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwater	Kearny
No high school diploma	25.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	50.4%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwater	Kearny
Drove alone	69.3%	64.6%
Carpooled	28.3%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwater	Kearny
1-unit, detached	79.9%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Blackwater	Kearny
Poverty rate	39.0%	11.2%
Average household size	3.32	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	2002	1967