Eloy vs Gold Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Eloy and Gold Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Eloy and Gold Canyon are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eloy has the higher population (16,671 vs 12,488 in Gold Canyon). Gold Canyon has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $54,080 in Eloy). Gold Canyon has the higher median home value ($469,600 vs $243,600 in Eloy).

Population, income & housing

	Eloy	Gold Canyon
Population	16,671	12,488
Median age	41.0 yrs	66.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,080	$85,833
Median home value	$243,600	$469,600
Median gross rent	$938	$1,213
Housing units	4,894	7,897
Homeownership rate	67.1%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eloy	Gold Canyon
Population	18,666 → 16,671 (-10.7%)	11,612 → 12,488 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$39,835 → $54,080 (+35.8%)	$75,518 → $85,833 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$100,100 → $243,600 (+143.4%)	$298,100 → $469,600 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $938 (+30.6%)	$1,013 → $1,213 (+19.7%)

Eloy

Population

18,66616,671

Median household income

$39,835$54,080

Median home value

$100,100$243,600

Median gross rent

$718$938

Gold Canyon

Population

11,61212,488

Median household income

$75,518$85,833

Median home value

$298,100$469,600

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eloy	Gold Canyon
Under 5	2.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.7%	5.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	18.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	4.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	31.3%
75 and over	6.4%	21.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eloy	Gold Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	86.1%
Black or African American	7.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	47.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eloy	Gold Canyon
No high school diploma	23.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	34.4%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eloy	Gold Canyon
Drove alone	67.6%	66.3%
Carpooled	19.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.5%	24.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eloy	Gold Canyon
1-unit, detached	68.3%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Eloy	Gold Canyon
Poverty rate	21.3%	8.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1998	2002