Ash Fork vs Yarnell

A side-by-side comparison of Ash Fork and Yarnell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Yarnell has the higher population (586 vs 578 in Ash Fork). Yarnell has the higher median home value ($230,300 vs $178,800 in Ash Fork). Since 2019, Ash Fork's population has grown faster (-17.2% vs -20.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Fork	Yarnell
Population	578	586
Median age	36.5 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,057
Median home value	$178,800	$230,300
Median gross rent	$1,104	—
Housing units	234	582
Homeownership rate	69.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	39.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Fork	Yarnell
Population	698 → 578 (-17.2%)	739 → 586 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$41,058 → $79,861 (+94.5%)	$40,893 → $42,057 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $178,800 (+116.2%)	$139,100 → $230,300 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,104 (+1.2%)	$831 → $859 (+3.4%)

Ash Fork

Population

698578

Median household income

$41,058$79,861

Median home value

$82,700$178,800

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,104

Yarnell

Population

739586

Median household income

$40,893$42,057

Median home value

$139,100$230,300

Median gross rent

$831$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Fork	Yarnell
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	30.4%	7.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	6.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	39.6%
75 and over	18.2%	21.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Fork	Yarnell
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	12.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Fork	Yarnell
No high school diploma	16.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	20.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	54.1%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Fork	Yarnell
Drove alone	73.2%	48.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	18.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Fork	Yarnell
1-unit, detached	50.4%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.9%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Ash Fork	Yarnell
Poverty rate	11.6%	9.4%
Average household size	3.03	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1968	1981