Elgin vs Sonoita

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

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

Sonoita has the higher population (721 vs 190 in Elgin). Sonoita has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $53,438 in Elgin). Sonoita has the higher median home value ($429,400 vs $340,400 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Sonoita
Population	190	721
Median age	69.4 yrs	62.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$90,000
Median home value	$340,400	$429,400
Housing units	106	381
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Sonoita
Population	91 → 190 (+108.8%)	801 → 721 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $53,438 (+5.0%)	$59,861 → $90,000 (+50.3%)
Median home value	$500,000 → $340,400 (-31.9%)	$341,500 → $429,400 (+25.7%)

Elgin

Population

91190

Median household income

$50,893$53,438

Median home value

$500,000$340,400

Sonoita

Population

801721

Median household income

$59,861$90,000

Median home value

$341,500$429,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Sonoita
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	15.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.8%
45 to 54	16.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	45.3%	23.3%
75 and over	23.2%	25.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Sonoita
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Sonoita
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Sonoita
Drove alone	100.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	16.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Sonoita
1-unit, detached	64.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	29.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Sonoita
Poverty rate	3.7%	7.9%
Average household size	1.79	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	—	46
Median year structure built	1971	2000