Arivaca vs Elephant Head

A side-by-side comparison of Arivaca and Elephant Head: population, income, housing, and more.

Arivaca and Elephant Head are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elephant Head has the higher population (572 vs 494 in Arivaca). Elephant Head has the higher median household income ($51,103 vs $31,791 in Arivaca). Elephant Head has the higher median home value ($292,600 vs $78,700 in Arivaca).

Population, income & housing

	Arivaca	Elephant Head
Population	494	572
Median age	57.3 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,791	$51,103
Median home value	$78,700	$292,600
Housing units	385	247
Homeownership rate	84.9%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arivaca	Elephant Head
Population	723 → 494 (-31.7%)	844 → 572 (-32.2%)
Median household income	$30,977 → $31,791 (+2.6%)	$51,250 → $51,103 (-0.3%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $78,700 (-20.5%)	$170,000 → $292,600 (+72.1%)

Arivaca

Population

723494

Median household income

$30,977$31,791

Median home value

$99,000$78,700

Elephant Head

Population

844572

Median household income

$51,250$51,103

Median home value

$170,000$292,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arivaca	Elephant Head
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	32.2%	1.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.5%
65 to 74	24.1%	19.8%
75 and over	19.2%	24.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arivaca	Elephant Head
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arivaca	Elephant Head
No high school diploma	13.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	45.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arivaca	Elephant Head
Drove alone	100.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arivaca	Elephant Head
1-unit, detached	44.9%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.1%	46.6%

Poverty & households

	Arivaca	Elephant Head
Poverty rate	34.0%	3.0%
Average household size	1.70	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1986	1993