Cactus Forest vs Upper Santan Village

A side-by-side comparison of Cactus Forest and Upper Santan Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Cactus Forest and Upper Santan Village are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cactus Forest has the higher population (509 vs 496 in Upper Santan Village). Since 2019, Upper Santan Village's population has grown faster (-18.3% vs -41.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cactus Forest	Upper Santan Village
Population	509	496
Median age	68.5 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,854	—
Median home value	$141,500	—
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	342	184
Homeownership rate	82.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cactus Forest	Upper Santan Village
Population	876 → 509 (-41.9%)	607 → 496 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$46,620 → $68,854 (+47.7%)	—
Median home value	$103,900 → $141,500 (+36.2%)	—

Cactus Forest

Population

876509

Median household income

$46,620$68,854

Median home value

$103,900$141,500

Upper Santan Village

Population

607496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cactus Forest	Upper Santan Village
Under 5	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 17	2.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	2.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.0%	35.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	20.2%	0.0%
75 and over	35.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cactus Forest	Upper Santan Village
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	85.3%
Asian	12.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	14.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cactus Forest	Upper Santan Village
No high school diploma	5.8%	17.5%
High school graduate	8.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	69.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cactus Forest	Upper Santan Village
Drove alone	35.5%	86.5%
Carpooled	38.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	13.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cactus Forest	Upper Santan Village
1-unit, detached	26.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	67.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cactus Forest	Upper Santan Village
Poverty rate	18.3%	54.2%
Average household size	1.77	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	53	—
Median year structure built	1984	2004