Paulden vs Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)

A side-by-side comparison of Paulden and Village of Oak Creek (Big Park): population, income, housing, and more.

Paulden and Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) has the higher population (6,340 vs 4,874 in Paulden). Paulden has the higher median household income ($88,945 vs $80,197 in Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)). Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) has the higher median home value ($654,000 vs $344,200 in Paulden).

Population, income & housing

	Paulden	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Population	4,874	6,340
Median age	56.5 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,945	$80,197
Median home value	$344,200	$654,000
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,640
Housing units	2,258	4,537
Homeownership rate	85.2%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paulden	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Population	5,189 → 4,874 (-6.1%)	6,375 → 6,340 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$41,897 → $88,945 (+112.3%)	$59,712 → $80,197 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$217,200 → $344,200 (+58.5%)	$465,000 → $654,000 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,077 (+23.4%)	$1,175 → $1,640 (+39.6%)

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

Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)

Population

6,3756,340

Median household income

$59,712$80,197

Median home value

$465,000$654,000

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paulden	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Under 5	3.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	5.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	2.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	5.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	24.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	22.5%	32.9%
75 and over	6.3%	19.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paulden	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paulden	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	41.3%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paulden	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Drove alone	67.7%	61.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	24.9%
Other means	1.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paulden	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
1-unit, detached	59.5%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Paulden	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Poverty rate	11.9%	13.4%
Average household size	2.44	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	39	26
Median year structure built	1999	1992