Tacna vs Wellton

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

Tacna 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 457 in Tacna). Wellton has the higher median household income ($51,938 vs $40,733 in Tacna). Tacna has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $82,900 in Wellton).

Population, income & housing

	Tacna	Wellton
Population	457	2,470
Median age	45.2 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,733	$51,938
Median home value	$121,200	$82,900
Median gross rent	$714	$1,034
Housing units	287	2,019
Homeownership rate	49.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tacna	Wellton
Population	637 → 457 (-28.3%)	3,007 → 2,470 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$32,299 → $40,733 (+26.1%)	$43,342 → $51,938 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $121,200 (+41.1%)	$79,600 → $82,900 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $714 (-6.9%)	$682 → $1,034 (+51.6%)

Tacna

Population

637457

Median household income

$32,299$40,733

Median home value

$85,900$121,200

Median gross rent

$767$714

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)

	Tacna	Wellton
Under 5	4.8%	1.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	11.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	5.1%
35 to 44	1.1%	3.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	5.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.0%	28.5%
75 and over	7.4%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tacna	Wellton
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	60.8%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tacna	Wellton
No high school diploma	31.6%	20.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tacna	Wellton
Drove alone	80.1%	63.3%
Carpooled	19.9%	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)

	Tacna	Wellton
1-unit, detached	38.0%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	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	58.2%	50.1%

Poverty & households

	Tacna	Wellton
Poverty rate	17.1%	11.6%
Average household size	2.50	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1981	2001