Somerton vs Yuma

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

Somerton 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 14,383 in Somerton). Somerton has the higher median household income ($71,825 vs $62,546 in Yuma). Yuma has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $206,100 in Somerton).

Population, income & housing

	Somerton	Yuma
Population	14,383	98,461
Median age	30.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,825	$62,546
Median home value	$206,100	$209,100
Median gross rent	$909	$1,085
Housing units	4,911	43,705
Homeownership rate	72.4%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerton	Yuma
Population	16,146 → 14,383 (-10.9%)	96,349 → 98,461 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$38,315 → $71,825 (+87.5%)	$47,998 → $62,546 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $206,100 (+62.3%)	$143,400 → $209,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $909 (+21.2%)	$891 → $1,085 (+21.8%)

Somerton

Population

16,14614,383

Median household income

$38,315$71,825

Median home value

$127,000$206,100

Median gross rent

$750$909

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)

	Somerton	Yuma
Under 5	7.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	13.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	3.9%	8.8%
75 and over	5.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerton	Yuma
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	31.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	95.4%	61.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerton	Yuma
No high school diploma	34.8%	16.4%
High school graduate	23.9%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerton	Yuma
Drove alone	91.0%	76.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerton	Yuma
1-unit, detached	82.4%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Somerton	Yuma
Poverty rate	15.1%	15.3%
Average household size	3.04	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	2001	1990