Somerton vs Wellton

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

Somerton and Wellton 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 2,470 in Wellton). Somerton has the higher median household income ($71,825 vs $51,938 in Wellton). Somerton has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $82,900 in Wellton).

Population, income & housing

	Somerton	Wellton
Population	14,383	2,470
Median age	30.5 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,825	$51,938
Median home value	$206,100	$82,900
Median gross rent	$909	$1,034
Housing units	4,911	2,019
Homeownership rate	72.4%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerton	Wellton
Population	16,146 → 14,383 (-10.9%)	3,007 → 2,470 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$38,315 → $71,825 (+87.5%)	$43,342 → $51,938 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $206,100 (+62.3%)	$79,600 → $82,900 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $909 (+21.2%)	$682 → $1,034 (+51.6%)

Somerton

Population

16,14614,383

Median household income

$38,315$71,825

Median home value

$127,000$206,100

Median gross rent

$750$909

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)

	Somerton	Wellton
Under 5	7.7%	1.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	13.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	3.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	5.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	3.9%	28.5%
75 and over	5.8%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerton	Wellton
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	76.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	0.2%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	95.4%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerton	Wellton
No high school diploma	34.8%	20.5%
High school graduate	23.9%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerton	Wellton
Drove alone	91.0%	63.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	29.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerton	Wellton
1-unit, detached	82.4%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	50.1%

Poverty & households

	Somerton	Wellton
Poverty rate	15.1%	11.6%
Average household size	3.04	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	2001	2001