Donovan Estates vs Somerton

A side-by-side comparison of Donovan Estates and Somerton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Somerton has the higher population (14,383 vs 623 in Donovan Estates). Somerton has the higher median household income ($71,825 vs $39,018 in Donovan Estates). Somerton has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $159,500 in Donovan Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Donovan Estates	Somerton
Population	623	14,383
Median age	58.4 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,018	$71,825
Median home value	$159,500	$206,100
Median gross rent	—	$909
Housing units	282	4,911
Homeownership rate	70.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donovan Estates	Somerton
Population	1,394 → 623 (-55.3%)	16,146 → 14,383 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $39,018 (-11.7%)	$38,315 → $71,825 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $159,500 (+105.8%)	$127,000 → $206,100 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $737 (-15.1%)	$750 → $909 (+21.2%)

Donovan Estates

Population

1,394623

Median household income

$44,167$39,018

Median home value

$77,500$159,500

Median gross rent

$868$737

Somerton

Population

16,14614,383

Median household income

$38,315$71,825

Median home value

$127,000$206,100

Median gross rent

$750$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donovan Estates	Somerton
Under 5	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	6.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	1.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	18.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	18.0%	3.9%
75 and over	21.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donovan Estates	Somerton
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	3.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	97.9%	95.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donovan Estates	Somerton
No high school diploma	46.5%	34.8%
High school graduate	20.8%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donovan Estates	Somerton
Drove alone	96.6%	91.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donovan Estates	Somerton
1-unit, detached	53.5%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	46.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Donovan Estates	Somerton
Poverty rate	5.0%	15.1%
Average household size	2.21	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1976	2001