Eloy vs Maricopa

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

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

Maricopa has the higher population (62,986 vs 16,671 in Eloy). Maricopa has the higher median household income ($94,208 vs $54,080 in Eloy). Maricopa has the higher median home value ($338,600 vs $243,600 in Eloy).

Population, income & housing

	Eloy	Maricopa
Population	16,671	62,986
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,080	$94,208
Median home value	$243,600	$338,600
Median gross rent	$938	$1,919
Housing units	4,894	21,979
Homeownership rate	67.1%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eloy	Maricopa
Population	18,666 → 16,671 (-10.7%)	48,629 → 62,986 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$39,835 → $54,080 (+35.8%)	$74,515 → $94,208 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$100,100 → $243,600 (+143.4%)	$202,100 → $338,600 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $938 (+30.6%)	$1,384 → $1,919 (+38.7%)

Eloy

Population

18,66616,671

Median household income

$39,835$54,080

Median home value

$100,100$243,600

Median gross rent

$718$938

Maricopa

Population

48,62962,986

Median household income

$74,515$94,208

Median home value

$202,100$338,600

Median gross rent

$1,384$1,919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eloy	Maricopa
Under 5	2.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	18.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.5%
75 and over	6.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eloy	Maricopa
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	45.8%
Black or African American	7.9%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	2.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	1.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	47.4%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eloy	Maricopa
No high school diploma	23.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eloy	Maricopa
Drove alone	67.6%	64.1%
Carpooled	19.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	20.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eloy	Maricopa
1-unit, detached	68.3%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Eloy	Maricopa
Poverty rate	21.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.62	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1998	2007