Elgin vs Rio Rico

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

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

Rio Rico has the higher population (21,798 vs 190 in Elgin). Rio Rico has the higher median household income ($63,692 vs $53,438 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median home value ($340,400 vs $212,600 in Rio Rico).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Rio Rico
Population	190	21,798
Median age	69.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$63,692
Median home value	$340,400	$212,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,049
Housing units	106	7,322
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Rio Rico
Population	91 → 190 (+108.8%)	19,581 → 21,798 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $53,438 (+5.0%)	$51,475 → $63,692 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$500,000 → $340,400 (-31.9%)	$146,300 → $212,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$904 → $1,049 (+16.0%)

Elgin

Population

91190

Median household income

$50,893$53,438

Median home value

$500,000$340,400

Rio Rico

Population

19,58121,798

Median household income

$51,475$63,692

Median home value

$146,300$212,600

Median gross rent

$904$1,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Rio Rico
Under 5	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	22.3%
18 to 24	15.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	45.3%	8.4%
75 and over	23.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Rio Rico
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	12.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	86.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Rio Rico
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Rio Rico
Drove alone	100.0%	84.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Rio Rico
1-unit, detached	64.2%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	29.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Rio Rico
Poverty rate	3.7%	18.2%
Average household size	1.79	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1971	2000