Elgin vs Nogales

A side-by-side comparison of Elgin and Nogales: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nogales has the higher population (19,753 vs 190 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median household income ($53,438 vs $40,745 in Nogales). Elgin has the higher median home value ($340,400 vs $172,800 in Nogales).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Nogales
Population	190	19,753
Median age	69.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$40,745
Median home value	$340,400	$172,800
Median gross rent	—	$691
Housing units	106	7,416
Homeownership rate	100.0%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Nogales
Population	91 → 190 (+108.8%)	20,201 → 19,753 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $53,438 (+5.0%)	$29,339 → $40,745 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$500,000 → $340,400 (-31.9%)	$119,700 → $172,800 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$590 → $691 (+17.1%)

Elgin

Population

91190

Median household income

$50,893$53,438

Median home value

$500,000$340,400

Nogales

Population

20,20119,753

Median household income

$29,339$40,745

Median home value

$119,700$172,800

Median gross rent

$590$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Nogales
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	15.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	45.3%	9.8%
75 and over	23.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Nogales
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	3.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	94.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Nogales
No high school diploma	0.0%	31.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Nogales
Drove alone	100.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Nogales
1-unit, detached	64.2%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	29.2%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Nogales
Poverty rate	3.7%	26.1%
Average household size	1.79	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1971	1977