Ajo vs Rincon Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Ajo and Rincon Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Ajo and Rincon Valley are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rincon Valley has the higher population (5,851 vs 3,783 in Ajo). Rincon Valley has the higher median household income ($132,167 vs $56,364 in Ajo). Rincon Valley has the higher median home value ($498,900 vs $126,400 in Ajo).

Population, income & housing

	Ajo	Rincon Valley
Population	3,783	5,851
Median age	47.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,364	$132,167
Median home value	$126,400	$498,900
Median gross rent	$914	—
Housing units	2,078	2,407
Homeownership rate	72.5%	99.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ajo	Rincon Valley
Population	2,841 → 3,783 (+33.2%)	5,346 → 5,851 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$36,743 → $56,364 (+53.4%)	$119,345 → $132,167 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $126,400 (+68.1%)	$362,000 → $498,900 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $914 (+6.3%)	—

Ajo

Population

2,8413,783

Median household income

$36,743$56,364

Median home value

$75,200$126,400

Median gross rent

$860$914

Rincon Valley

Population

5,3465,851

Median household income

$119,345$132,167

Median home value

$362,000$498,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ajo	Rincon Valley
Under 5	2.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	3.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.3%
75 and over	16.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ajo	Rincon Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	72.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ajo	Rincon Valley
No high school diploma	13.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	23.9%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ajo	Rincon Valley
Drove alone	74.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ajo	Rincon Valley
1-unit, detached	87.4%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Ajo	Rincon Valley
Poverty rate	10.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1961	2004