Arivaca vs Santa Rosa

A side-by-side comparison of Arivaca and Santa Rosa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Santa Rosa has the higher population (690 vs 494 in Arivaca). Santa Rosa has the higher median household income ($52,708 vs $31,791 in Arivaca). Santa Rosa has the higher median home value ($94,300 vs $78,700 in Arivaca).

Population, income & housing

	Arivaca	Santa Rosa
Population	494	690
Median age	57.3 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,791	$52,708
Median home value	$78,700	$94,300
Median gross rent	—	$688
Housing units	385	192
Homeownership rate	84.9%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arivaca	Santa Rosa
Population	723 → 494 (-31.7%)	536 → 690 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$30,977 → $31,791 (+2.6%)	$28,194 → $52,708 (+86.9%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $78,700 (-20.5%)	$75,900 → $94,300 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$621 → $688 (+10.8%)

Arivaca

Population

723494

Median household income

$30,977$31,791

Median home value

$99,000$78,700

Santa Rosa

Population

536690

Median household income

$28,194$52,708

Median home value

$75,900$94,300

Median gross rent

$621$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arivaca	Santa Rosa
Under 5	5.5%	0.6%
5 to 17	4.3%	26.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	20.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	32.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	6.5%
65 to 74	24.1%	11.6%
75 and over	19.2%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arivaca	Santa Rosa
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arivaca	Santa Rosa
No high school diploma	13.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	45.7%	62.2%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arivaca	Santa Rosa
Drove alone	100.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arivaca	Santa Rosa
1-unit, detached	44.9%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.1%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Arivaca	Santa Rosa
Poverty rate	34.0%	27.0%
Average household size	1.70	4.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1986	1980