Nogales vs Patagonia

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

Nogales and Patagonia 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 882 in Patagonia). Nogales has the higher median household income ($40,745 vs $29,844 in Patagonia). Patagonia has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $172,800 in Nogales).

Population, income & housing

	Nogales	Patagonia
Population	19,753	882
Median age	37.0 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,745	$29,844
Median home value	$172,800	$332,700
Median gross rent	$691	$827
Housing units	7,416	704
Homeownership rate	49.5%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nogales	Patagonia
Population	20,201 → 19,753 (-2.2%)	772 → 882 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$29,339 → $40,745 (+38.9%)	$33,482 → $29,844 (-10.9%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $172,800 (+44.4%)	$167,900 → $332,700 (+98.2%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $691 (+17.1%)	$706 → $827 (+17.1%)

Nogales

Population

20,20119,753

Median household income

$29,339$40,745

Median home value

$119,700$172,800

Median gross rent

$590$691

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)

	Nogales	Patagonia
Under 5	6.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	26.2%
75 and over	8.7%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nogales	Patagonia
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	55.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	94.4%	42.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nogales	Patagonia
No high school diploma	31.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	27.2%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nogales	Patagonia
Drove alone	72.5%	68.9%
Carpooled	14.9%	4.2%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	8.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	18.4%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nogales	Patagonia
1-unit, detached	51.8%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Nogales	Patagonia
Poverty rate	26.1%	11.7%
Average household size	2.94	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1977	1968