Clarkdale vs Lake Montezuma

A side-by-side comparison of Clarkdale and Lake Montezuma: population, income, housing, and more.

Clarkdale and Lake Montezuma are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clarkdale has the higher population (4,642 vs 4,615 in Lake Montezuma). Lake Montezuma has the higher median household income ($54,081 vs $32,607 in Clarkdale). Clarkdale has the higher median home value ($344,800 vs $291,900 in Lake Montezuma).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkdale	Lake Montezuma
Population	4,642	4,615
Median age	61.0 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,607	$54,081
Median home value	$344,800	$291,900
Median gross rent	$897	$1,475
Housing units	2,591	2,742
Homeownership rate	77.4%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkdale	Lake Montezuma
Population	4,271 → 4,642 (+8.7%)	4,329 → 4,615 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$49,383 → $32,607 (-34.0%)	$39,883 → $54,081 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$227,900 → $344,800 (+51.3%)	$164,400 → $291,900 (+77.6%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $897 (-4.4%)	$894 → $1,475 (+65.0%)

Clarkdale

Population

4,2714,642

Median household income

$49,383$32,607

Median home value

$227,900$344,800

Median gross rent

$938$897

Lake Montezuma

Population

4,3294,615

Median household income

$39,883$54,081

Median home value

$164,400$291,900

Median gross rent

$894$1,475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkdale	Lake Montezuma
Under 5	3.4%	0.5%
5 to 17	7.6%	7.9%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	4.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	6.1%
55 to 64	23.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	23.2%	37.6%
75 and over	17.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkdale	Lake Montezuma
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	2.8%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkdale	Lake Montezuma
No high school diploma	2.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	21.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	51.5%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkdale	Lake Montezuma
Drove alone	82.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkdale	Lake Montezuma
1-unit, detached	73.3%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	29.5%

Poverty & households

	Clarkdale	Lake Montezuma
Poverty rate	20.2%	12.4%
Average household size	1.87	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1988	1991