Black Canyon City vs Cordes Lakes

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

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

Cordes Lakes has the higher population (3,218 vs 2,297 in Black Canyon City). Black Canyon City has the higher median household income ($69,718 vs $55,691 in Cordes Lakes). Black Canyon City has the higher median home value ($286,900 vs $153,600 in Cordes Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Black Canyon City	Cordes Lakes
Population	2,297	3,218
Median age	60.7 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,718	$55,691
Median home value	$286,900	$153,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,110
Housing units	1,261	1,522
Homeownership rate	90.3%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Canyon City	Cordes Lakes
Population	2,825 → 2,297 (-18.7%)	2,586 → 3,218 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$37,410 → $69,718 (+86.4%)	$31,630 → $55,691 (+76.1%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $286,900 (+147.8%)	$105,900 → $153,600 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $768 (-2.2%)	$674 → $1,110 (+64.7%)

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

Cordes Lakes

Population

2,5863,218

Median household income

$31,630$55,691

Median home value

$105,900$153,600

Median gross rent

$674$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Canyon City	Cordes Lakes
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	4.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	31.8%	24.4%
65 to 74	16.8%	19.5%
75 and over	15.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Canyon City	Cordes Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
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	6.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Canyon City	Cordes Lakes
No high school diploma	17.8%	14.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Canyon City	Cordes Lakes
Drove alone	66.1%	84.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	3.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Canyon City	Cordes Lakes
1-unit, detached	60.6%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
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%	50.1%

Poverty & households

	Black Canyon City	Cordes Lakes
Poverty rate	11.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1992	1987