Elephant Head vs Topawa

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

Elephant Head and Topawa 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 358 in Topawa). Elephant Head has the higher median household income ($51,103 vs $35,625 in Topawa). Elephant Head has the higher median home value ($292,600 vs $106,300 in Topawa).

Population, income & housing

	Elephant Head	Topawa
Population	572	358
Median age	60.9 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,103	$35,625
Median home value	$292,600	$106,300
Housing units	247	138
Homeownership rate	81.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elephant Head	Topawa
Population	844 → 572 (-32.2%)	400 → 358 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $51,103 (-0.3%)	$20,875 → $35,625 (+70.7%)
Median home value	$170,000 → $292,600 (+72.1%)	$51,700 → $106,300 (+105.6%)

Elephant Head

Population

844572

Median household income

$51,250$51,103

Median home value

$170,000$292,600

Topawa

Population

400358

Median household income

$20,875$35,625

Median home value

$51,700$106,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elephant Head	Topawa
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	29.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	5.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	3.6%
45 to 54	1.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	19.8%	13.1%
75 and over	24.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elephant Head	Topawa
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	Topawa
No high school diploma	11.0%	24.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elephant Head	Topawa
1-unit, detached	53.4%	100.0%
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	46.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elephant Head	Topawa
Poverty rate	3.0%	41.1%
Average household size	2.32	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1993	1976