Elephant Head vs Sells

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

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

Sells has the higher population (2,200 vs 572 in Elephant Head). Elephant Head has the higher median household income ($51,103 vs $34,138 in Sells). Since 2019, Sells's population has grown faster (-15.7% vs -32.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Elephant Head	Sells
Population	572	2,200
Median age	60.9 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,103	$34,138
Median home value	$292,600	—
Median gross rent	—	$432
Housing units	247	665
Homeownership rate	81.0%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elephant Head	Sells
Population	844 → 572 (-32.2%)	2,609 → 2,200 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $51,103 (-0.3%)	$32,019 → $34,138 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$170,000 → $292,600 (+72.1%)	$54,200 → $42,400 (-21.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$448 → $432 (-3.6%)

Elephant Head

Population

844572

Median household income

$51,250$51,103

Median home value

$170,000$292,600

Sells

Population

2,6092,200

Median household income

$32,019$34,138

Median home value

$54,200$42,400

Median gross rent

$448$432

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elephant Head	Sells
Under 5	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	25.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.8%
25 to 34	5.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	1.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	19.8%	6.3%
75 and over	24.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elephant Head	Sells
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	10.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	81.6%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elephant Head	Sells
No high school diploma	11.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	36.1%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elephant Head	Sells
Drove alone	74.8%	61.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elephant Head	Sells
1-unit, detached	53.4%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.6%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Elephant Head	Sells
Poverty rate	3.0%	46.8%
Average household size	2.32	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	36	16
Median year structure built	1993	1979