San Luis vs Yuma

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

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

Yuma has the higher population (98,461 vs 35,998 in San Luis). Yuma has the higher median household income ($62,546 vs $57,364 in San Luis). Yuma has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $197,400 in San Luis).

Population, income & housing

	San Luis	Yuma
Population	35,998	98,461
Median age	33.2 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,364	$62,546
Median home value	$197,400	$209,100
Median gross rent	$746	$1,085
Housing units	9,250	43,705
Homeownership rate	68.4%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Luis	Yuma
Population	32,985 → 35,998 (+9.1%)	96,349 → 98,461 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$37,255 → $57,364 (+54.0%)	$47,998 → $62,546 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $197,400 (+68.1%)	$143,400 → $209,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $746 (+11.2%)	$891 → $1,085 (+21.8%)

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

Yuma

Population

96,34998,461

Median household income

$47,998$62,546

Median home value

$143,400$209,100

Median gross rent

$891$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	San Luis	Yuma
Under 5	6.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	12.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.8%
75 and over	4.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Luis	Yuma
White (non-Hispanic)	4.2%	31.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.7%
Asian	0.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	93.0%	61.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Luis	Yuma
No high school diploma	45.0%	16.4%
High school graduate	21.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Luis	Yuma
Drove alone	75.3%	76.5%
Carpooled	14.1%	12.6%
Public transit	1.7%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Luis	Yuma
1-unit, detached	72.2%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	San Luis	Yuma
Poverty rate	21.9%	15.3%
Average household size	3.53	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	2002	1990