Wellton vs Yuma

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

Wellton 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 2,470 in Wellton). Yuma has the higher median household income ($62,546 vs $51,938 in Wellton). Yuma has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $82,900 in Wellton).

Population, income & housing

	Wellton	Yuma
Population	2,470	98,461
Median age	65.7 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,938	$62,546
Median home value	$82,900	$209,100
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,085
Housing units	2,019	43,705
Homeownership rate	85.8%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wellton	Yuma
Population	3,007 → 2,470 (-17.9%)	96,349 → 98,461 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$43,342 → $51,938 (+19.8%)	$47,998 → $62,546 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $82,900 (+4.1%)	$143,400 → $209,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $1,034 (+51.6%)	$891 → $1,085 (+21.8%)

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

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)

	Wellton	Yuma
Under 5	1.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.2%
25 to 34	5.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	3.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	5.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	28.5%	8.8%
75 and over	24.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wellton	Yuma
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	31.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	6.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	61.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wellton	Yuma
No high school diploma	20.5%	16.4%
High school graduate	27.9%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wellton	Yuma
Drove alone	63.3%	76.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	29.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wellton	Yuma
1-unit, detached	42.8%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	50.1%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Wellton	Yuma
Poverty rate	11.6%	15.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	2001	1990