Blackwater vs Sacaton

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

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

Sacaton has the higher population (2,999 vs 2,245 in Blackwater). Blackwater has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $102,700 in Sacaton). Since 2019, Sacaton's population has grown faster (+64.4% vs +35.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwater	Sacaton
Population	2,245	2,999
Median age	28.8 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median home value	$214,900	$102,700
Median gross rent	—	$249
Housing units	686	724
Homeownership rate	60.0%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	18.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwater	Sacaton
Population	1,660 → 2,245 (+35.2%)	1,824 → 2,999 (+64.4%)
Median household income	$33,036 → $25,917 (-21.5%)	$16,216 → $29,347 (+81.0%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $214,900 (+41.9%)	$94,600 → $102,700 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$322 → $249 (-22.7%)

Blackwater

Population

1,6602,245

Median household income

$33,036$25,917

Median home value

$151,400$214,900

Sacaton

Population

1,8242,999

Median household income

$16,216$29,347

Median home value

$94,600$102,700

Median gross rent

$322$249

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwater	Sacaton
Under 5	9.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	25.5%	20.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	2.4%	5.4%
75 and over	8.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwater	Sacaton
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	8.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	50.6%	79.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwater	Sacaton
No high school diploma	25.4%	19.9%
High school graduate	50.4%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwater	Sacaton
Drove alone	69.3%	94.2%
Carpooled	28.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwater	Sacaton
1-unit, detached	79.9%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
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	Sacaton
Poverty rate	39.0%	29.9%
Average household size	3.32	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	2002	1993