Prescott vs Verde Village

A side-by-side comparison of Prescott and Verde Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prescott has the higher population (46,744 vs 12,662 in Verde Village). Verde Village has the higher median household income ($71,352 vs $69,151 in Prescott). Prescott has the higher median home value ($528,500 vs $329,300 in Verde Village).

Population, income & housing

	Prescott	Verde Village
Population	46,744	12,662
Median age	60.3 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,151	$71,352
Median home value	$528,500	$329,300
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,154
Housing units	25,807	5,209
Homeownership rate	68.1%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prescott	Verde Village
Population	42,785 → 46,744 (+9.3%)	12,903 → 12,662 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$55,734 → $69,151 (+24.1%)	$52,204 → $71,352 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$347,700 → $528,500 (+52.0%)	$208,800 → $329,300 (+57.7%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,304 (+46.0%)	$1,021 → $1,154 (+13.0%)

Prescott

Population

42,78546,744

Median household income

$55,734$69,151

Median home value

$347,700$528,500

Median gross rent

$893$1,304

Verde Village

Population

12,90312,662

Median household income

$52,204$71,352

Median home value

$208,800$329,300

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prescott	Verde Village
Under 5	3.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	8.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	6.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	22.5%	11.3%
75 and over	17.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prescott	Verde Village
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.8%
Asian	2.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prescott	Verde Village
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	19.5%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prescott	Verde Village
Drove alone	72.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	7.5%
Other means	2.4%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prescott	Verde Village
1-unit, detached	67.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Prescott	Verde Village
Poverty rate	11.6%	10.4%
Average household size	1.94	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1991	1988