Gadsden vs Wellton

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

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

Wellton has the higher population (2,470 vs 696 in Gadsden). Wellton has the higher median household income ($51,938 vs $41,504 in Gadsden). Gadsden has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $82,900 in Wellton).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden	Wellton
Population	696	2,470
Median age	24.2 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,504	$51,938
Median home value	$169,600	$82,900
Median gross rent	$483	$1,034
Housing units	279	2,019
Homeownership rate	33.3%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden	Wellton
Population	510 → 696 (+36.5%)	3,007 → 2,470 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$44,271 → $41,504 (-6.3%)	$43,342 → $51,938 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $169,600 (+31.8%)	$79,600 → $82,900 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $483 (-48.1%)	$682 → $1,034 (+51.6%)

Gadsden

Population

510696

Median household income

$44,271$41,504

Median home value

$128,700$169,600

Median gross rent

$930$483

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)

	Gadsden	Wellton
Under 5	16.8%	1.0%
5 to 17	25.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	23.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.1%
35 to 44	4.7%	3.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	5.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	4.5%	28.5%
75 and over	7.5%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden	Wellton
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	76.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden	Wellton
No high school diploma	60.8%	20.5%
High school graduate	3.8%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden	Wellton
Drove alone	41.4%	63.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.9%
Public transit	58.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	29.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden	Wellton
1-unit, detached	81.4%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	50.1%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden	Wellton
Poverty rate	27.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.64	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	62	22
Median year structure built	1977	2001