Coconino County vs Pinal County

A side-by-side comparison of Coconino County and Pinal County: population, income, housing, and more.

Coconino County and Pinal County are counties in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pinal County has the higher population (449,219 vs 144,643 in Coconino County). Pinal County has the higher median household income ($77,588 vs $69,748 in Coconino County). Coconino County has the higher median home value ($413,200 vs $312,100 in Pinal County).

Population, income & housing

	Coconino County	Pinal County
Population	144,643	449,219
Median age	32.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,748	$77,588
Median home value	$413,200	$312,100
Median gross rent	$1,406	$1,417
Housing units	69,907	179,861
Homeownership rate	58.8%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coconino County	Pinal County
Population	141,274 → 144,643 (+2.4%)	432,793 → 449,219 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$59,460 → $69,748 (+17.3%)	$58,174 → $77,588 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$280,900 → $413,200 (+47.1%)	$183,100 → $312,100 (+70.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,181 → $1,406 (+19.1%)	$1,064 → $1,417 (+33.2%)

Coconino County

Population

141,274144,643

Median household income

$59,460$69,748

Median home value

$280,900$413,200

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,406

Pinal County

Population

432,793449,219

Median household income

$58,174$77,588

Median home value

$183,100$312,100

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coconino County	Pinal County
Under 5	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	19.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.5%
75 and over	4.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coconino County	Pinal County
White (non-Hispanic)	52.5%	55.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	24.3%	3.8%
Asian	1.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coconino County	Pinal County
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	21.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coconino County	Pinal County
Drove alone	66.1%	70.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	11.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.2%
Walked	7.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	14.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coconino County	Pinal County
1-unit, detached	59.3%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	1.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Coconino County	Pinal County
Poverty rate	17.7%	10.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1990	2003