Fortuna Foothills vs Somerton

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

Fortuna Foothills and Somerton 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 14,383 in Somerton). Somerton has the higher median household income ($71,825 vs $57,583 in Fortuna Foothills). Somerton has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $175,500 in Fortuna Foothills).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna Foothills	Somerton
Population	28,227	14,383
Median age	62.0 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,583	$71,825
Median home value	$175,500	$206,100
Median gross rent	$1,178	$909
Housing units	20,560	4,911
Homeownership rate	82.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna Foothills	Somerton
Population	29,955 → 28,227 (-5.8%)	16,146 → 14,383 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$50,749 → $57,583 (+13.5%)	$38,315 → $71,825 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $175,500 (+39.0%)	$127,000 → $206,100 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,178 (+3.8%)	$750 → $909 (+21.2%)

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

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)

	Fortuna Foothills	Somerton
Under 5	4.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	13.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	7.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	7.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.8%
65 to 74	19.8%	3.9%
75 and over	26.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Somerton
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	3.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	95.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna Foothills	Somerton
No high school diploma	11.1%	34.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Somerton
Drove alone	81.4%	91.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Somerton
1-unit, detached	45.6%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	50.7%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna Foothills	Somerton
Poverty rate	11.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.07	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1998	2001