Blackwater vs Red Rock

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

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

Red Rock has the higher population (3,243 vs 2,245 in Blackwater). Red Rock has the higher median home value ($252,500 vs $214,900 in Blackwater). Since 2019, Blackwater's population has grown faster (+35.2% vs -22.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwater	Red Rock
Population	2,245	3,243
Median age	28.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,167
Median home value	$214,900	$252,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,534
Housing units	686	1,158
Homeownership rate	60.0%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwater	Red Rock
Population	1,660 → 2,245 (+35.2%)	4,203 → 3,243 (-22.8%)
Median household income	$33,036 → $25,917 (-21.5%)	$73,526 → $79,167 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $214,900 (+41.9%)	$161,200 → $252,500 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,148 → $1,534 (+33.6%)

Blackwater

Population

1,6602,245

Median household income

$33,036$25,917

Median home value

$151,400$214,900

Red Rock

Population

4,2033,243

Median household income

$73,526$79,167

Median home value

$161,200$252,500

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwater	Red Rock
Under 5	9.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	23.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	2.4%	8.5%
75 and over	8.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwater	Red Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	50.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwater	Red Rock
No high school diploma	25.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	50.4%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwater	Red Rock
Drove alone	69.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	28.3%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwater	Red Rock
1-unit, detached	79.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackwater	Red Rock
Poverty rate	39.0%	4.7%
Average household size	3.32	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	20	36
Median year structure built	2002	2007