Circle City vs Rio Verde

A side-by-side comparison of Circle City and Rio Verde: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rio Verde has the higher population (2,271 vs 857 in Circle City). Rio Verde has the higher median household income ($141,020 vs $34,056 in Circle City). Rio Verde has the higher median home value ($728,300 vs $164,600 in Circle City).

Population, income & housing

	Circle City	Rio Verde
Population	857	2,271
Median age	41.7 yrs	72.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,056	$141,020
Median home value	$164,600	$728,300
Median gross rent	$925	—
Housing units	363	1,861
Homeownership rate	76.3%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	68.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Circle City	Rio Verde
Population	680 → 857 (+26.0%)	2,180 → 2,271 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$27,302 → $34,056 (+24.7%)	$98,846 → $141,020 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $164,600 (+113.8%)	$493,200 → $728,300 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $925 (+0.4%)	—

Circle City

Population

680857

Median household income

$27,302$34,056

Median home value

$77,000$164,600

Median gross rent

$921$925

Rio Verde

Population

2,1802,271

Median household income

$98,846$141,020

Median home value

$493,200$728,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Circle City	Rio Verde
Under 5	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.4%	2.6%
55 to 64	24.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	50.1%
75 and over	7.5%	36.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Circle City	Rio Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Circle City	Rio Verde
No high school diploma	14.3%	0.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	49.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Circle City	Rio Verde
Drove alone	59.9%	35.0%
Carpooled	18.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	65.0%
Other means	21.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Circle City	Rio Verde
1-unit, detached	59.0%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Circle City	Rio Verde
Poverty rate	23.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.36	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	42	26
Median year structure built	1988	1994