Clarkdale vs Paulden

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

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

Paulden has the higher population (4,874 vs 4,642 in Clarkdale). Paulden has the higher median household income ($88,945 vs $32,607 in Clarkdale). Clarkdale has the higher median home value ($344,800 vs $344,200 in Paulden).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkdale	Paulden
Population	4,642	4,874
Median age	61.0 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,607	$88,945
Median home value	$344,800	$344,200
Median gross rent	$897	$1,077
Housing units	2,591	2,258
Homeownership rate	77.4%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkdale	Paulden
Population	4,271 → 4,642 (+8.7%)	5,189 → 4,874 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$49,383 → $32,607 (-34.0%)	$41,897 → $88,945 (+112.3%)
Median home value	$227,900 → $344,800 (+51.3%)	$217,200 → $344,200 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $897 (-4.4%)	$873 → $1,077 (+23.4%)

Clarkdale

Population

4,2714,642

Median household income

$49,383$32,607

Median home value

$227,900$344,800

Median gross rent

$938$897

Paulden

Population

5,1894,874

Median household income

$41,897$88,945

Median home value

$217,200$344,200

Median gross rent

$873$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkdale	Paulden
Under 5	3.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	7.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	1.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	6.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.6%
55 to 64	23.0%	24.4%
65 to 74	23.2%	22.5%
75 and over	17.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkdale	Paulden
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
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%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkdale	Paulden
No high school diploma	2.6%	9.8%
High school graduate	21.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	51.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkdale	Paulden
Drove alone	82.0%	67.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	11.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	9.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkdale	Paulden
1-unit, detached	73.3%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Clarkdale	Paulden
Poverty rate	20.2%	11.9%
Average household size	1.87	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	39
Median year structure built	1988	1999