Fortuna Foothills vs Wellton

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

Fortuna Foothills and Wellton 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 2,470 in Wellton). Fortuna Foothills has the higher median household income ($57,583 vs $51,938 in Wellton). Fortuna Foothills has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $82,900 in Wellton).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna Foothills	Wellton
Population	28,227	2,470
Median age	62.0 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,583	$51,938
Median home value	$175,500	$82,900
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,034
Housing units	20,560	2,019
Homeownership rate	82.3%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna Foothills	Wellton
Population	29,955 → 28,227 (-5.8%)	3,007 → 2,470 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$50,749 → $57,583 (+13.5%)	$43,342 → $51,938 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $175,500 (+39.0%)	$79,600 → $82,900 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,178 (+3.8%)	$682 → $1,034 (+51.6%)

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

Wellton

Population

3,0072,470

Median household income

$43,342$51,938

Median home value

$79,600$82,900

Median gross rent

$682$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Wellton
Under 5	4.7%	1.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	5.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	3.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	5.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	19.8%	28.5%
75 and over	26.3%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Wellton
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	76.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
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%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna Foothills	Wellton
No high school diploma	11.1%	20.5%
High school graduate	30.0%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Wellton
Drove alone	81.4%	63.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	29.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna Foothills	Wellton
1-unit, detached	45.6%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	50.7%	50.1%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna Foothills	Wellton
Poverty rate	11.6%	11.6%
Average household size	2.07	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1998	2001