Fortuna Foothills vs Gadsden

A side-by-side comparison of Fortuna Foothills and Gadsden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fortuna Foothills has the higher population (28,227 vs 696 in Gadsden). Fortuna Foothills has the higher median household income ($57,583 vs $41,504 in Gadsden). Fortuna Foothills has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $169,600 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna Foothills	Gadsden
Population	28,227	696
Median age	62.0 yrs	24.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,583	$41,504
Median home value	$175,500	$169,600
Median gross rent	$1,178	$483
Housing units	20,560	279
Homeownership rate	82.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna Foothills	Gadsden
Population	29,955 → 28,227 (-5.8%)	510 → 696 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$50,749 → $57,583 (+13.5%)	$44,271 → $41,504 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $175,500 (+39.0%)	$128,700 → $169,600 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,178 (+3.8%)	$930 → $483 (-48.1%)

Fortuna Foothills

Population

29,95528,227

Median household income

$50,749$57,583

Median home value

$126,300$175,500

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,178

Gadsden

Population

510696

Median household income

$44,271$41,504

Median home value

$128,700$169,600

Median gross rent

$930$483

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Gadsden
Under 5	4.7%	16.8%
5 to 17	10.9%	25.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	23.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	4.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	19.8%	4.5%
75 and over	26.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Gadsden
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna Foothills	Gadsden
No high school diploma	11.1%	60.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Gadsden
Drove alone	81.4%	41.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	58.6%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Gadsden
1-unit, detached	45.6%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.7%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna Foothills	Gadsden
Poverty rate	11.6%	27.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	62
Median year structure built	1998	1977