Eloy is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 10,307 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Eloy is the 42nd largest community in Arizona.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Eloy is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.7% of the Eloy workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Eloy is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Eloy who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.18%), sales jobs (8.98%), and food service (7.90%).

Another important characteristic of Eloy 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.

Eloy is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Eloy Information and Demographics

Eloy ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.39% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Eloy in 2000 was $9,194, which is lower middle income relative to Arizona, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $36,776 for a family of four.

Eloy is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eloy home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Eloy, accounting for 73.81% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Eloy is African-American, followed by Native American. The main ancestry of people in Eloy is German.

Eloy also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 31.14%.

The most common language spoken in Eloy is Spanish. Some people also speak English.