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Whetstone, AZ

2,971 Population
94 square miles 31.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±10.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 43 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,058 ±$4,616 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $33,002 ±$997
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,625 ±$9,031 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $59,742 ±$1,950
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.9% ±10.4% (794  ±342) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 15.4% 18,446 (±1.1% / ±1,307)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

46.3 minutes ±13 (39,950  ±15,770) Mean travel time to work
  • about double the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 23.4 946,885 (±1 / ±49,540)
  • nearly double the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,303 ±239 Number of households
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 50,982 ±672
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (2,971  ±569) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 2.4 119,771 (±0 / ±215)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,416 ±221 Number of housing units
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 59,666 ±115
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$213,900 ±$14,713 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $218,300 ±$5,622
  • about half the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.1% ±13.8% (628  ±427.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 13.8% 17,230 (±1.2% / ±1,500.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.2% ±23.1% (2,081  ±339.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 89.3% 80,164 (±2.3% / ±2,060.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29% ±8.1% (627  ±207.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 28.1% 25,223 (±1.4% / ±1,257.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.3% ±2.2% (188  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 11.3% 14,221
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

31.8% ±7.9% (750  ±228) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 17.4% 16,707 (±1% / ±966)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
750 Total veterans ±228 599 Male ±204 151 Female ±79

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