Tacna vs Yuma Proving Ground

A side-by-side comparison of Tacna and Yuma Proving Ground: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tacna has the higher population (457 vs 288 in Yuma Proving Ground). Yuma Proving Ground has the higher median household income ($71,268 vs $40,733 in Tacna). Since 2019, Yuma Proving Ground's population has grown faster (+14.7% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Tacna	Yuma Proving Ground
Population	457	288
Median age	45.2 yrs	25.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,733	$71,268
Median home value	$121,200	—
Median gross rent	$714	—
Housing units	287	146
Homeownership rate	49.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	80.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	24.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tacna	Yuma Proving Ground
Population	637 → 457 (-28.3%)	251 → 288 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$32,299 → $40,733 (+26.1%)	$107,560 → $71,268 (-33.7%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $121,200 (+41.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$767 → $714 (-6.9%)	$993 → $1,318 (+32.7%)

Tacna

Population

637457

Median household income

$32,299$40,733

Median home value

$85,900$121,200

Median gross rent

$767$714

Yuma Proving Ground

Population

251288

Median household income

$107,560$71,268

Median gross rent

$993$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tacna	Yuma Proving Ground
Under 5	4.8%	22.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	23.6%
35 to 44	1.1%	21.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	0.0%
75 and over	7.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tacna	Yuma Proving Ground
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	60.8%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tacna	Yuma Proving Ground
No high school diploma	31.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	42.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tacna	Yuma Proving Ground
Drove alone	80.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	19.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tacna	Yuma Proving Ground
1-unit, detached	38.0%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	43.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Tacna	Yuma Proving Ground
Poverty rate	17.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1981	1952