Gadsden vs Somerton

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

Gadsden 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 696 in Gadsden). Somerton has the higher median household income ($71,825 vs $41,504 in Gadsden). Somerton has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $169,600 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden	Somerton
Population	696	14,383
Median age	24.2 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,504	$71,825
Median home value	$169,600	$206,100
Median gross rent	$483	$909
Housing units	279	4,911
Homeownership rate	33.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden	Somerton
Population	510 → 696 (+36.5%)	16,146 → 14,383 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$44,271 → $41,504 (-6.3%)	$38,315 → $71,825 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $169,600 (+31.8%)	$127,000 → $206,100 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $483 (-48.1%)	$750 → $909 (+21.2%)

Gadsden

Population

510696

Median household income

$44,271$41,504

Median home value

$128,700$169,600

Median gross rent

$930$483

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)

	Gadsden	Somerton
Under 5	16.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	25.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	23.3%	13.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	4.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	3.9%
75 and over	7.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden	Somerton
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	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	100.0%	95.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden	Somerton
No high school diploma	60.8%	34.8%
High school graduate	3.8%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden	Somerton
Drove alone	41.4%	91.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	58.6%	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)

	Gadsden	Somerton
1-unit, detached	81.4%	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	18.6%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden	Somerton
Poverty rate	27.2%	15.1%
Average household size	2.64	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	62	23
Median year structure built	1977	2001