Gold Canyon vs San Manuel

A side-by-side comparison of Gold Canyon and San Manuel: population, income, housing, and more.

Gold Canyon and San Manuel are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gold Canyon has the higher population (12,488 vs 3,269 in San Manuel). Gold Canyon has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $48,333 in San Manuel). Gold Canyon has the higher median home value ($469,600 vs $112,600 in San Manuel).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Canyon	San Manuel
Population	12,488	3,269
Median age	66.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,833	$48,333
Median home value	$469,600	$112,600
Median gross rent	$1,213	$740
Housing units	7,897	1,595
Homeownership rate	94.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Canyon	San Manuel
Population	11,612 → 12,488 (+7.5%)	3,692 → 3,269 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$75,518 → $85,833 (+13.7%)	$42,543 → $48,333 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$298,100 → $469,600 (+57.5%)	$73,000 → $112,600 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,013 → $1,213 (+19.7%)	$870 → $740 (-14.9%)

Gold Canyon

Population

11,61212,488

Median household income

$75,518$85,833

Median home value

$298,100$469,600

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,213

San Manuel

Population

3,6923,269

Median household income

$42,543$48,333

Median home value

$73,000$112,600

Median gross rent

$870$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Canyon	San Manuel
Under 5	1.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	5.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	4.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	24.0%
65 to 74	31.3%	12.9%
75 and over	21.6%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Canyon	San Manuel
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	45.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	48.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Canyon	San Manuel
No high school diploma	5.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	17.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Canyon	San Manuel
Drove alone	66.3%	68.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	30.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.8%	0.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Canyon	San Manuel
1-unit, detached	80.9%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Gold Canyon	San Manuel
Poverty rate	8.1%	21.4%
Average household size	2.03	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	2002	1957