Another notable thing is that Pinetop-Lakeside is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Pinetop-Lakeside is worth considering.
The education level of Pinetop-Lakeside citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.34% of adults in Pinetop-Lakeside have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pinetop-Lakeside in 2022 was $33,617, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,468 for a family of four. However, Pinetop-Lakeside contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pinetop-Lakeside is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pinetop-Lakeside home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pinetop-Lakeside residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Pinetop-Lakeside also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.43% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pinetop-Lakeside include German, English, Irish, Greek, and Bulgarian.
The most common language spoken in Pinetop-Lakeside is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
