Flowing Wells vs Sahuarita

A side-by-side comparison of Flowing Wells and Sahuarita: population, income, housing, and more.

Flowing Wells and Sahuarita are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sahuarita has the higher population (35,012 vs 16,989 in Flowing Wells). Sahuarita has the higher median household income ($100,719 vs $40,769 in Flowing Wells). Sahuarita has the higher median home value ($341,800 vs $51,800 in Flowing Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Flowing Wells	Sahuarita
Population	16,989	35,012
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,769	$100,719
Median home value	$51,800	$341,800
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,763
Housing units	7,934	13,438
Homeownership rate	70.3%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flowing Wells	Sahuarita
Population	15,755 → 16,989 (+7.8%)	29,905 → 35,012 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$38,434 → $40,769 (+6.1%)	$80,525 → $100,719 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $51,800 (-20.4%)	$214,100 → $341,800 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,123 (+25.5%)	$1,392 → $1,763 (+26.7%)

Flowing Wells

Population

15,75516,989

Median household income

$38,434$40,769

Median home value

$65,100$51,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,123

Sahuarita

Population

29,90535,012

Median household income

$80,525$100,719

Median home value

$214,100$341,800

Median gross rent

$1,392$1,763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flowing Wells	Sahuarita
Under 5	6.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.5%
75 and over	6.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flowing Wells	Sahuarita
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	56.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flowing Wells	Sahuarita
No high school diploma	19.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	27.8%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flowing Wells	Sahuarita
Drove alone	71.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	15.6%	10.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	14.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flowing Wells	Sahuarita
1-unit, detached	26.6%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.1%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	61.8%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Flowing Wells	Sahuarita
Poverty rate	21.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1980	2006