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Somerton, AZ

14,574 Population
7.3 square miles 2,003.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.3 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 36.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,658 ±$5,105 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: $30,204 ±$996
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,015 ±$11,292 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: $62,876 ±$2,259
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±5.9% (2,018  ±860) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 15.6% 31,795 (±1.5% / ±3,079)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±2.8 (133,930  ±23,006) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 21.3 1,571,500 (±0.8 / ±64,740)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,964 ±337 Number of households
  • the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 79,341 ±862
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (14,570  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 203,968 (±0 / ±282)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.5% ±0.9% (17  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 6.3% † 2,784 (±1.2% / ±541)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,168 ±347 Number of housing units
  • the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 95,200 ±127
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$232,600 ±$17,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: $217,800 ±$5,202
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±4.1% (1,263  ±588.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 13.6% 28,471 (±1.2% / ±2,468.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

61.5% ±8.3% (5,324  ±810.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 77.5% 106,882 (±1.9% / ±2,613.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.4% ±4.6% (1,072  ±408.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 16.8% 23,144 (±0.9% / ±1,225.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

35.5% ±5.4% (5,169  ±787) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 25.1% 53,166
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.4% ±1.2% (154  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Yuma, AZ Metro Area: 9.3% 14,510 (±0.6% / ±871)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
154 Total veterans ±133 136 Male ±132 18 Female ±33

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