Elgin vs Patagonia

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

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

Patagonia has the higher population (882 vs 190 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median household income ($53,438 vs $29,844 in Patagonia). Elgin has the higher median home value ($340,400 vs $332,700 in Patagonia).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Patagonia
Population	190	882
Median age	69.4 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$29,844
Median home value	$340,400	$332,700
Median gross rent	—	$827
Housing units	106	704
Homeownership rate	100.0%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Patagonia
Population	91 → 190 (+108.8%)	772 → 882 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $53,438 (+5.0%)	$33,482 → $29,844 (-10.9%)
Median home value	$500,000 → $340,400 (-31.9%)	$167,900 → $332,700 (+98.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$706 → $827 (+17.1%)

Elgin

Population

91190

Median household income

$50,893$53,438

Median home value

$500,000$340,400

Patagonia

Population

772882

Median household income

$33,482$29,844

Median home value

$167,900$332,700

Median gross rent

$706$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Patagonia
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	15.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	45.3%	26.2%
75 and over	23.2%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Patagonia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	55.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	42.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Patagonia
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Patagonia
Drove alone	100.0%	68.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Patagonia
1-unit, detached	64.2%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	29.2%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Patagonia
Poverty rate	3.7%	11.7%
Average household size	1.79	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1971	1968