Sells, AZ

Census Place

2024 Population

1,935

US Senator

Mark Kelly

Democratic Party

US Senator

Ruben Gallego

Democratic Party

2024 Median Age

27.7

11.7% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

49.5%

5.57% 1-year increase

2023 Median Household Income

$34,138

22.5% 1-year decline

2022 Median Property Value

$42,400

Economy

The economy of Sells, AZ employs 458 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Sells, AZ were Health Care & Social Assistance (109 people), Retail Trade (89 people), and Public Administration (65 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($65,703), Educational Services ($56,953), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($46,250).

Employment

Occupations

458

2024 Value

± 161

−12.3%

1 Year decline

± 54.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Sells, AZ declined at a rate of −12.3%, from 522 employees to 458 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Sells, AZ, are Healthcare Support Occupations (91 people), Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (77 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (67 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Sells, AZ.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Arizona.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Arizona (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

458

2024 Value

± 161

−12.3%

1 Year decline

± 54.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Sells, AZ declined at a rate of −12.3%, from 522 employees to 458 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Sells, AZ, are Health Care & Social Assistance (109 people), Retail Trade (89 people), and Public Administration (65 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Sells, AZ, though some of these residents may live in Sells, AZ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$24,853

Median earning men ± $9,057

$45,156

Median earning women ± $18,137

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($42,059) and Retail Trade ($19,474).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($65,703), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($46,406), and Public Administration ($41,364).

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Arizona went to Donald J. Trump with 52.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (46.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.54%).

Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are the senators currently representing the state of Arizona. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Arizona is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Sells, AZ. Showing the available data for Arizona.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (52.2%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (46.7%)
Democratic Party
Jill Stein (0.54%)
Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Arizona went to Donald J. Trump with 52.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (46.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.54%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Arizona for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Arizona

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Arizona.

Mark Kelly

Senator from Arizona

Assumed office on December 2, 2020
Elected to the seat to succeed Martha McSally, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of John McCain and the resignation of Jon Kyl.{{cite news |last1=Edmondson |first1=Catie |title=Mark Kelly Defeats Martha McSally in Crucial Arizona Senate Race |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/us/politics/arizona-mark-kelly.html |access-date=2 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=4 November 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Pathé |first1=Simone |title=Arizona Governor to Appoint Martha McSally to McCain's Senate Seat |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2018/12/18/arizona-governor-to-appoint-martha-mcsally-to-mccains-senate-seat/ |website=Roll Call |publisher=FiscalNote |access-date=2 December 2020 |url-access=subscription|date=18 December 2018 |language=en}}

Ruben Gallego

Senator from Arizona

Assumed office on January 3, 2025

Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are the senators currently representing Arizona.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Arizona over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Housing & Living

People in Sells, AZ have an average commute time of 21 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Sells, AZ is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$42,400

Median Property Value 2022

±$26,595

$312

Median Property Taxes

±$115

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Sells, AZ the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Sells, AZ compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$34,138

Median Household Income

± $33,961

508

Number of Households

± 149

In 2023, the median household income of the 508 households in Sells, AZ declined from $34,138 from the previous year's value of $44,038.

The following chart displays the households in Sells, AZ distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $50k - $60k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Sells, AZ is from Arizona.

0.456

2024 Wage GINI in Arizona

0.457

2023 Wage GINI in Arizona

In 2024, the income inequality in Arizona was 0.456 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.104% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Arizona was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Arizona in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Arizona across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (57.4%)
Carpooled (16.8%)
Walked (10.5%)

In 2024, 57.4% of workers in Sells, AZ drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (16.8%) and those who walked to work (10.5%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

21 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Sells, AZ have a shorter commute time (21 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 4.32% of the workforce in Sells, AZ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Sells, AZ compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Sells, AZ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Sells, AZ have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

49.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Sells, AZ (867 out of 1.75k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 6 - 11 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Sells, AZ is Native American, followed by Two Or More and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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