Nogales vs Sonoita

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

Nogales and Sonoita 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 721 in Sonoita). Sonoita has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $40,745 in Nogales). Sonoita has the higher median home value ($429,400 vs $172,800 in Nogales).

Population, income & housing

	Nogales	Sonoita
Population	19,753	721
Median age	37.0 yrs	62.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,745	$90,000
Median home value	$172,800	$429,400
Median gross rent	$691	—
Housing units	7,416	381
Homeownership rate	49.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	20.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nogales	Sonoita
Population	20,201 → 19,753 (-2.2%)	801 → 721 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$29,339 → $40,745 (+38.9%)	$59,861 → $90,000 (+50.3%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $172,800 (+44.4%)	$341,500 → $429,400 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $691 (+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

Sonoita

Population

801721

Median household income

$59,861$90,000

Median home value

$341,500$429,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nogales	Sonoita
Under 5	6.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	0.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	23.3%
75 and over	8.7%	25.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nogales	Sonoita
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	94.4%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nogales	Sonoita
No high school diploma	31.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nogales	Sonoita
Drove alone	72.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	14.9%	10.6%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	3.5%	16.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nogales	Sonoita
1-unit, detached	51.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nogales	Sonoita
Poverty rate	26.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.94	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	46
Median year structure built	1977	2000