Lake Montezuma vs Paulden

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

Lake Montezuma 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 4,615 in Lake Montezuma). Paulden has the higher median household income ($88,945 vs $54,081 in Lake Montezuma). Paulden has the higher median home value ($344,200 vs $291,900 in Lake Montezuma).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Montezuma	Paulden
Population	4,615	4,874
Median age	64.1 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,081	$88,945
Median home value	$291,900	$344,200
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,077
Housing units	2,742	2,258
Homeownership rate	68.9%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Montezuma	Paulden
Population	4,329 → 4,615 (+6.6%)	5,189 → 4,874 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$39,883 → $54,081 (+35.6%)	$41,897 → $88,945 (+112.3%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $291,900 (+77.6%)	$217,200 → $344,200 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $1,475 (+65.0%)	$873 → $1,077 (+23.4%)

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

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)

	Lake Montezuma	Paulden
Under 5	0.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	7.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	4.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	24.4%
65 to 74	37.6%	22.5%
75 and over	9.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Montezuma	Paulden
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Montezuma	Paulden
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Montezuma	Paulden
Drove alone	78.5%	67.7%
Carpooled	16.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	9.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Montezuma	Paulden
1-unit, detached	65.4%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	29.5%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Montezuma	Paulden
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.9%
Average household size	1.81	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1991	1999