Gila County vs Greenlee County

A side-by-side comparison of Gila County and Greenlee County: population, income, housing, and more.

Gila County and Greenlee County are counties in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gila County has the higher population (53,610 vs 9,452 in Greenlee County). Greenlee County has the higher median household income ($75,239 vs $59,089 in Gila County). Gila County has the higher median home value ($247,000 vs $136,300 in Greenlee County).

Population, income & housing

	Gila County	Greenlee County
Population	53,610	9,452
Median age	51.4 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,089	$75,239
Median home value	$247,000	$136,300
Median gross rent	$1,001	$570
Housing units	32,614	4,422
Homeownership rate	77.2%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gila County	Greenlee County
Population	53,546 → 53,610 (+0.1%)	9,522 → 9,452 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$43,524 → $59,089 (+35.8%)	$63,473 → $75,239 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$165,800 → $247,000 (+49.0%)	$83,800 → $136,300 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $1,001 (+22.7%)	$466 → $570 (+22.3%)

Gila County

Population

53,54653,610

Median household income

$43,524$59,089

Median home value

$165,800$247,000

Median gross rent

$816$1,001

Greenlee County

Population

9,5229,452

Median household income

$63,473$75,239

Median home value

$83,800$136,300

Median gross rent

$466$570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gila County	Greenlee County
Under 5	4.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	17.9%	9.6%
75 and over	12.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gila County	Greenlee County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	45.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.7%	3.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	46.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gila County	Greenlee County
No high school diploma	10.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gila County	Greenlee County
Drove alone	68.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	16.9%	15.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	0.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gila County	Greenlee County
1-unit, detached	72.1%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Gila County	Greenlee County
Poverty rate	17.8%	10.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1985	1981