Bagdad vs Black Canyon City

A side-by-side comparison of Bagdad and Black Canyon City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bagdad has the higher population (2,757 vs 2,297 in Black Canyon City). Bagdad has the higher median household income ($98,641 vs $69,718 in Black Canyon City). Since 2019, Bagdad's population has grown faster (+55.4% vs -18.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bagdad	Black Canyon City
Population	2,757	2,297
Median age	23.6 yrs	60.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,641	$69,718
Median home value	—	$286,900
Median gross rent	$611	—
Housing units	846	1,261
Homeownership rate	4.8%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bagdad	Black Canyon City
Population	1,774 → 2,757 (+55.4%)	2,825 → 2,297 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$70,795 → $98,641 (+39.3%)	$37,410 → $69,718 (+86.4%)
Median home value	—	$115,800 → $286,900 (+147.8%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $611 (+4.8%)	$785 → $768 (-2.2%)

Bagdad

Population

1,7742,757

Median household income

$70,795$98,641

Median gross rent

$583$611

Black Canyon City

Population

2,8252,297

Median household income

$37,410$69,718

Median home value

$115,800$286,900

Median gross rent

$785$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bagdad	Black Canyon City
Under 5	13.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	27.7%	1.9%
18 to 24	13.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	3.2%	31.8%
65 to 74	2.0%	16.8%
75 and over	1.4%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bagdad	Black Canyon City
White (non-Hispanic)	35.9%	91.2%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	59.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bagdad	Black Canyon City
No high school diploma	3.3%	17.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	52.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bagdad	Black Canyon City
Drove alone	82.1%	66.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bagdad	Black Canyon City
1-unit, detached	43.1%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	28.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	39.4%

Poverty & households

	Bagdad	Black Canyon City
Poverty rate	14.3%	11.7%
Average household size	3.48	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	9	30
Median year structure built	1981	1992