Wellton is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 2,572 people and three associated neighborhoods, Wellton is the 118th largest community in Arizona. Wellton has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Wellton, where the median household income is $51,938.00.Wellton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wellton is a town of service providers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wellton who work in personal care services (17.68%), management occupations (15.29%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.02%). Wellton is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Wellton, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. Another important characteristic of Wellton is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town. Also of interest is that Wellton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 29.79% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Another notable thing is that Wellton is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Wellton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wellton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Wellton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Wellton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.29% of adults in Wellton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Wellton in 2022 was $31,639, which is middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $126,556 for a family of four. However, Wellton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wellton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wellton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wellton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wellton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.68% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wellton include English, German, Irish, Canadian, and Norwegian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Wellton's cultural character, accounting for 21.54% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in Wellton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
