Black Canyon City vs Congress

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

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

Black Canyon City has the higher population (2,297 vs 1,700 in Congress). Black Canyon City has the higher median household income ($69,718 vs $62,083 in Congress). Black Canyon City has the higher median home value ($286,900 vs $247,800 in Congress).

Population, income & housing

	Black Canyon City	Congress
Population	2,297	1,700
Median age	60.7 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,718	$62,083
Median home value	$286,900	$247,800
Housing units	1,261	1,105
Homeownership rate	90.3%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Canyon City	Congress
Population	2,825 → 2,297 (-18.7%)	1,632 → 1,700 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$37,410 → $69,718 (+86.4%)	$41,198 → $62,083 (+50.7%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $286,900 (+147.8%)	$161,300 → $247,800 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $768 (-2.2%)	$1,096 → $1,110 (+1.3%)

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

Congress

Population

1,6321,700

Median household income

$41,198$62,083

Median home value

$161,300$247,800

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Canyon City	Congress
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.9%	9.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	4.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	4.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	3.9%
55 to 64	31.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	16.8%	44.6%
75 and over	15.6%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Canyon City	Congress
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	91.3%
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%	3.3%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Canyon City	Congress
No high school diploma	17.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.1%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Canyon City	Congress
Drove alone	66.1%	73.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	6.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Canyon City	Congress
1-unit, detached	60.6%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	49.8%

Poverty & households

	Black Canyon City	Congress
Poverty rate	11.7%	16.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	39
Median year structure built	1992	1997