Gadsden vs San Luis

A side-by-side comparison of Gadsden and San Luis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Luis has the higher population (35,998 vs 696 in Gadsden). San Luis has the higher median household income ($57,364 vs $41,504 in Gadsden). San Luis has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $169,600 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden	San Luis
Population	696	35,998
Median age	24.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,504	$57,364
Median home value	$169,600	$197,400
Median gross rent	$483	$746
Housing units	279	9,250
Homeownership rate	33.3%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden	San Luis
Population	510 → 696 (+36.5%)	32,985 → 35,998 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$44,271 → $41,504 (-6.3%)	$37,255 → $57,364 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $169,600 (+31.8%)	$117,400 → $197,400 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $483 (-48.1%)	$671 → $746 (+11.2%)

Gadsden

Population

510696

Median household income

$44,271$41,504

Median home value

$128,700$169,600

Median gross rent

$930$483

San Luis

Population

32,98535,998

Median household income

$37,255$57,364

Median home value

$117,400$197,400

Median gross rent

$671$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gadsden	San Luis
Under 5	16.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	25.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	23.3%	10.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	4.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	5.7%
75 and over	7.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden	San Luis
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	4.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	93.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden	San Luis
No high school diploma	60.8%	45.0%
High school graduate	3.8%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden	San Luis
Drove alone	41.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.1%
Public transit	58.6%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden	San Luis
1-unit, detached	81.4%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden	San Luis
Poverty rate	27.2%	21.9%
Average household size	2.64	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	62	27
Median year structure built	1977	2002