Bagdad vs Congress

A side-by-side comparison of Bagdad and Congress: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bagdad has the higher population (2,757 vs 1,700 in Congress). Bagdad has the higher median household income ($98,641 vs $62,083 in Congress). Since 2019, Bagdad's population has grown faster (+55.4% vs +4.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bagdad	Congress
Population	2,757	1,700
Median age	23.6 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,641	$62,083
Median home value	—	$247,800
Median gross rent	$611	—
Housing units	846	1,105
Homeownership rate	4.8%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bagdad	Congress
Population	1,774 → 2,757 (+55.4%)	1,632 → 1,700 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$70,795 → $98,641 (+39.3%)	$41,198 → $62,083 (+50.7%)
Median home value	—	$161,300 → $247,800 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $611 (+4.8%)	$1,096 → $1,110 (+1.3%)

Bagdad

Population

1,7742,757

Median household income

$70,795$98,641

Median gross rent

$583$611

Congress

Population

1,6321,700

Median household income

$41,198$62,083

Median home value

$161,300$247,800

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bagdad	Congress
Under 5	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.7%	9.3%
18 to 24	13.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	4.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	4.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	3.9%
55 to 64	3.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	2.0%	44.6%
75 and over	1.4%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bagdad	Congress
White (non-Hispanic)	35.9%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	3.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	59.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bagdad	Congress
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	33.7%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	52.5%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bagdad	Congress
Drove alone	82.1%	73.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bagdad	Congress
1-unit, detached	43.1%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	28.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	49.8%

Poverty & households

	Bagdad	Congress
Poverty rate	14.3%	16.6%
Average household size	3.48	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	9	39
Median year structure built	1981	1997