Black Canyon City vs Cornville

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

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

Cornville has the higher population (3,356 vs 2,297 in Black Canyon City). Cornville has the higher median household income ($70,925 vs $69,718 in Black Canyon City). Cornville has the higher median home value ($352,200 vs $286,900 in Black Canyon City).

Population, income & housing

	Black Canyon City	Cornville
Population	2,297	3,356
Median age	60.7 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,718	$70,925
Median home value	$286,900	$352,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,471
Housing units	1,261	1,612
Homeownership rate	90.3%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Canyon City	Cornville
Population	2,825 → 2,297 (-18.7%)	3,351 → 3,356 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$37,410 → $69,718 (+86.4%)	$67,848 → $70,925 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $286,900 (+147.8%)	$257,800 → $352,200 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $768 (-2.2%)	$1,140 → $1,471 (+29.0%)

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

Cornville

Population

3,3513,356

Median household income

$67,848$70,925

Median home value

$257,800$352,200

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Canyon City	Cornville
Under 5	1.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	1.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	5.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	31.8%	24.0%
65 to 74	16.8%	16.0%
75 and over	15.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Canyon City	Cornville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	75.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Canyon City	Cornville
No high school diploma	17.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	27.1%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Canyon City	Cornville
Drove alone	66.1%	76.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	15.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Canyon City	Cornville
1-unit, detached	60.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Black Canyon City	Cornville
Poverty rate	11.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1992	1989