Santa Rosa vs Sells

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

Santa Rosa 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 690 in Santa Rosa). Santa Rosa has the higher median household income ($52,708 vs $34,138 in Sells). Since 2019, Santa Rosa's population has grown faster (+28.7% vs -15.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Rosa	Sells
Population	690	2,200
Median age	29.9 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,708	$34,138
Median home value	$94,300	—
Median gross rent	$688	$432
Housing units	192	665
Homeownership rate	68.5%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Rosa	Sells
Population	536 → 690 (+28.7%)	2,609 → 2,200 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$28,194 → $52,708 (+86.9%)	$32,019 → $34,138 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $94,300 (+24.2%)	$54,200 → $42,400 (-21.8%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $688 (+10.8%)	$448 → $432 (-3.6%)

Santa Rosa

Population

536690

Median household income

$28,194$52,708

Median home value

$75,900$94,300

Median gross rent

$621$688

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)

	Santa Rosa	Sells
Under 5	0.6%	10.0%
5 to 17	26.4%	25.5%
18 to 24	20.1%	14.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	6.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	6.3%
75 and over	2.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Rosa	Sells
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	10.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Rosa	Sells
No high school diploma	12.3%	25.8%
High school graduate	62.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Rosa	Sells
Drove alone	72.5%	61.5%
Carpooled	19.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Rosa	Sells
1-unit, detached	80.2%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Santa Rosa	Sells
Poverty rate	27.0%	46.8%
Average household size	4.83	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	16
Median year structure built	1980	1979