Nogales vs Rio Rico

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

Nogales 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 19,753 in Nogales). Rio Rico has the higher median household income ($63,692 vs $40,745 in Nogales). Rio Rico has the higher median home value ($212,600 vs $172,800 in Nogales).

Population, income & housing

	Nogales	Rio Rico
Population	19,753	21,798
Median age	37.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,745	$63,692
Median home value	$172,800	$212,600
Median gross rent	$691	$1,049
Housing units	7,416	7,322
Homeownership rate	49.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nogales	Rio Rico
Population	20,201 → 19,753 (-2.2%)	19,581 → 21,798 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$29,339 → $40,745 (+38.9%)	$51,475 → $63,692 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $172,800 (+44.4%)	$146,300 → $212,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $691 (+17.1%)	$904 → $1,049 (+16.0%)

Nogales

Population

20,20119,753

Median household income

$29,339$40,745

Median home value

$119,700$172,800

Median gross rent

$590$691

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)

	Nogales	Rio Rico
Under 5	6.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	22.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.4%
75 and over	8.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nogales	Rio Rico
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	12.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	94.4%	86.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nogales	Rio Rico
No high school diploma	31.7%	18.1%
High school graduate	27.2%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nogales	Rio Rico
Drove alone	72.5%	84.7%
Carpooled	14.9%	8.6%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.2%
Other means	3.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nogales	Rio Rico
1-unit, detached	51.8%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Nogales	Rio Rico
Poverty rate	26.1%	18.2%
Average household size	2.94	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1977	2000