Patagonia vs Rio Rico

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

Patagonia 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 882 in Patagonia). Rio Rico has the higher median household income ($63,692 vs $29,844 in Patagonia). Patagonia has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $212,600 in Rio Rico).

Population, income & housing

	Patagonia	Rio Rico
Population	882	21,798
Median age	55.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,844	$63,692
Median home value	$332,700	$212,600
Median gross rent	$827	$1,049
Housing units	704	7,322
Homeownership rate	46.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Patagonia	Rio Rico
Population	772 → 882 (+14.2%)	19,581 → 21,798 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$33,482 → $29,844 (-10.9%)	$51,475 → $63,692 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $332,700 (+98.2%)	$146,300 → $212,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $827 (+17.1%)	$904 → $1,049 (+16.0%)

Patagonia

Population

772882

Median household income

$33,482$29,844

Median home value

$167,900$332,700

Median gross rent

$706$827

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)

	Patagonia	Rio Rico
Under 5	3.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	22.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	5.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	26.2%	8.4%
75 and over	13.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Patagonia	Rio Rico
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	12.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	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	42.7%	86.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Patagonia	Rio Rico
No high school diploma	9.7%	18.1%
High school graduate	22.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Patagonia	Rio Rico
Drove alone	68.9%	84.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Patagonia	Rio Rico
1-unit, detached	54.3%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Patagonia	Rio Rico
Poverty rate	11.7%	18.2%
Average household size	1.86	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1968	2000