Greenlee County vs Santa Cruz County

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

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

Santa Cruz County has the higher population (48,209 vs 9,452 in Greenlee County). Greenlee County has the higher median household income ($75,239 vs $53,614 in Santa Cruz County). Santa Cruz County has the higher median home value ($216,100 vs $136,300 in Greenlee County).

Population, income & housing

	Greenlee County	Santa Cruz County
Population	9,452	48,209
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,239	$53,614
Median home value	$136,300	$216,100
Median gross rent	$570	$781
Housing units	4,422	18,997
Homeownership rate	55.8%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenlee County	Santa Cruz County
Population	9,522 → 9,452 (-0.7%)	46,480 → 48,209 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$63,473 → $75,239 (+18.5%)	$41,259 → $53,614 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $136,300 (+62.6%)	$151,200 → $216,100 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$466 → $570 (+22.3%)	$675 → $781 (+15.7%)

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

Santa Cruz County

Population

46,48048,209

Median household income

$41,259$53,614

Median home value

$151,200$216,100

Median gross rent

$675$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenlee County	Santa Cruz County
Under 5	7.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.0%
75 and over	4.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenlee County	Santa Cruz County
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	15.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	46.5%	82.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenlee County	Santa Cruz County
No high school diploma	11.9%	22.3%
High school graduate	30.8%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenlee County	Santa Cruz County
Drove alone	80.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	15.6%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenlee County	Santa Cruz County
1-unit, detached	68.7%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenlee County	Santa Cruz County
Poverty rate	10.8%	20.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1981	1990