Another notable thing is that Pinetop-Lakeside is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Pinetop-Lakeside’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pinetop-Lakeside has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pinetop-Lakeside has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pinetop-Lakeside than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pinetop-Lakeside may be for you.
The citizens of Pinetop-Lakeside are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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.
