Rancho Mesa Verde vs Wellton

A side-by-side comparison of Rancho Mesa Verde and Wellton: population, income, housing, and more.

Rancho Mesa Verde 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 470 in Rancho Mesa Verde).

Population, income & housing

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Wellton
Population	470	2,470
Median age	17.4 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,938
Median home value	—	$82,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,034
Housing units	95	2,019
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	37.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Wellton
Population	571 → 470 (-17.7%)	3,007 → 2,470 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$27,073 → $28,186 (+4.1%)	$43,342 → $51,938 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $112,800 (+55.2%)	$79,600 → $82,900 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$682 → $1,034 (+51.6%)

Rancho Mesa Verde

Population

571470

Median household income

$27,073$28,186

Median home value

$72,700$112,800

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)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Wellton
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	54.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	3.5%
45 to 54	15.7%	5.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	28.5%
75 and over	0.0%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	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+

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Wellton
No high school diploma	90.7%	20.5%
High school graduate	9.3%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Wellton
Drove alone	100.0%	63.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	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)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Wellton
1-unit, detached	0.0%	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	100.0%	50.1%

Poverty & households

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Wellton
Poverty rate	47.9%	11.6%
Average household size	4.95	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1978	2001