Rio Rico vs Sonoita

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

Rio Rico and Sonoita 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 721 in Sonoita). Sonoita has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $63,692 in Rio Rico). Sonoita has the higher median home value ($429,400 vs $212,600 in Rio Rico).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Rico	Sonoita
Population	21,798	721
Median age	34.3 yrs	62.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,692	$90,000
Median home value	$212,600	$429,400
Median gross rent	$1,049	—
Housing units	7,322	381
Homeownership rate	82.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	20.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Rico	Sonoita
Population	19,581 → 21,798 (+11.3%)	801 → 721 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$51,475 → $63,692 (+23.7%)	$59,861 → $90,000 (+50.3%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $212,600 (+45.3%)	$341,500 → $429,400 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,049 (+16.0%)	—

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

Sonoita

Population

801721

Median household income

$59,861$90,000

Median home value

$341,500$429,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio Rico	Sonoita
Under 5	7.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	0.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	23.3%
75 and over	3.6%	25.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Rico	Sonoita
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	86.6%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Rico	Sonoita
No high school diploma	18.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Rico	Sonoita
Drove alone	84.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	16.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Rico	Sonoita
1-unit, detached	86.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rio Rico	Sonoita
Poverty rate	18.2%	7.9%
Average household size	3.09	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	46
Median year structure built	2000	2000