Elephant Head vs Santa Rosa

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

Elephant Head 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 572 in Elephant Head). Santa Rosa has the higher median household income ($52,708 vs $51,103 in Elephant Head). Elephant Head has the higher median home value ($292,600 vs $94,300 in Santa Rosa).

Population, income & housing

	Elephant Head	Santa Rosa
Population	572	690
Median age	60.9 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,103	$52,708
Median home value	$292,600	$94,300
Median gross rent	—	$688
Housing units	247	192
Homeownership rate	81.0%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elephant Head	Santa Rosa
Population	844 → 572 (-32.2%)	536 → 690 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $51,103 (-0.3%)	$28,194 → $52,708 (+86.9%)
Median home value	$170,000 → $292,600 (+72.1%)	$75,900 → $94,300 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$621 → $688 (+10.8%)

Elephant Head

Population

844572

Median household income

$51,250$51,103

Median home value

$170,000$292,600

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)

	Elephant Head	Santa Rosa
Under 5	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	26.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	20.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	1.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	6.5%
65 to 74	19.8%	11.6%
75 and over	24.1%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elephant Head	Santa Rosa
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elephant Head	Santa Rosa
No high school diploma	11.0%	12.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	62.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elephant Head	Santa Rosa
Drove alone	74.8%	72.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elephant Head	Santa Rosa
1-unit, detached	53.4%	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	46.6%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Elephant Head	Santa Rosa
Poverty rate	3.0%	27.0%
Average household size	2.32	4.83
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1993	1980