Sonoita vs Tubac

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

Sonoita and Tubac are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tubac has the higher population (1,247 vs 721 in Sonoita). Sonoita has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $82,273 in Tubac). Tubac has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $429,400 in Sonoita).

Population, income & housing

	Sonoita	Tubac
Population	721	1,247
Median age	62.0 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,000	$82,273
Median home value	$429,400	$481,800
Housing units	381	1,097
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	20.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sonoita	Tubac
Population	801 → 721 (-10.0%)	1,375 → 1,247 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$59,861 → $90,000 (+50.3%)	$66,349 → $82,273 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$341,500 → $429,400 (+25.7%)	$335,700 → $481,800 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,904 → $1,750 (-8.1%)

Sonoita

Population

801721

Median household income

$59,861$90,000

Median home value

$341,500$429,400

Tubac

Population

1,3751,247

Median household income

$66,349$82,273

Median home value

$335,700$481,800

Median gross rent

$1,904$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sonoita	Tubac
Under 5	1.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	3.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	0.8%	3.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	4.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	23.3%	32.7%
75 and over	25.5%	33.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sonoita	Tubac
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	75.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sonoita	Tubac
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	22.5%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sonoita	Tubac
Drove alone	72.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.8%
Other means	16.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sonoita	Tubac
1-unit, detached	100.0%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Sonoita	Tubac
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.36	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	46	20
Median year structure built	2000	1998