San Luis vs Somerton

A side-by-side comparison of San Luis and Somerton: population, income, housing, and more.

San Luis and Somerton are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

San Luis has the higher population (35,998 vs 14,383 in Somerton). Somerton has the higher median household income ($71,825 vs $57,364 in San Luis). Somerton has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $197,400 in San Luis).

Population, income & housing

	San Luis	Somerton
Population	35,998	14,383
Median age	33.2 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,364	$71,825
Median home value	$197,400	$206,100
Median gross rent	$746	$909
Housing units	9,250	4,911
Homeownership rate	68.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Luis	Somerton
Population	32,985 → 35,998 (+9.1%)	16,146 → 14,383 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$37,255 → $57,364 (+54.0%)	$38,315 → $71,825 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $197,400 (+68.1%)	$127,000 → $206,100 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $746 (+11.2%)	$750 → $909 (+21.2%)

San Luis

Population

32,98535,998

Median household income

$37,255$57,364

Median home value

$117,400$197,400

Median gross rent

$671$746

Somerton

Population

16,14614,383

Median household income

$38,315$71,825

Median home value

$127,000$206,100

Median gross rent

$750$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	San Luis	Somerton
Under 5	6.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	13.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	3.9%
75 and over	4.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Luis	Somerton
White (non-Hispanic)	4.2%	3.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	93.0%	95.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Luis	Somerton
No high school diploma	45.0%	34.8%
High school graduate	21.7%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Luis	Somerton
Drove alone	75.3%	91.0%
Carpooled	14.1%	3.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Luis	Somerton
1-unit, detached	72.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	San Luis	Somerton
Poverty rate	21.9%	15.1%
Average household size	3.53	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	2002	2001