Blackwater vs Oracle

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

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

Oracle has the higher population (3,154 vs 2,245 in Blackwater). Blackwater has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $209,000 in Oracle). Since 2019, Blackwater's population has grown faster (+35.2% vs -13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwater	Oracle
Population	2,245	3,154
Median age	28.8 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$66,729
Median home value	$214,900	$209,000
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	686	1,814
Homeownership rate	60.0%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwater	Oracle
Population	1,660 → 2,245 (+35.2%)	3,656 → 3,154 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$33,036 → $25,917 (-21.5%)	$55,864 → $66,729 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $214,900 (+41.9%)	$205,200 → $209,000 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$831 → $775 (-6.7%)

Blackwater

Population

1,6602,245

Median household income

$33,036$25,917

Median home value

$151,400$214,900

Oracle

Population

3,6563,154

Median household income

$55,864$66,729

Median home value

$205,200$209,000

Median gross rent

$831$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwater	Oracle
Under 5	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	7.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	6.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	2.4%	23.1%
75 and over	8.0%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwater	Oracle
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	64.0%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	32.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwater	Oracle
No high school diploma	25.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	50.4%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwater	Oracle
Drove alone	69.3%	75.8%
Carpooled	28.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwater	Oracle
1-unit, detached	79.9%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Blackwater	Oracle
Poverty rate	39.0%	13.1%
Average household size	3.32	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	35
Median year structure built	2002	1983