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Prescott, AZ

47,400 Population
49.2 square miles 962.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 55.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,060 ±$3,854 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: $41,784 ±$1,116
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,874 ±$4,899 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: $69,613 ±$1,866
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.8% ±1.8% (5,326  ±836) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 12% 29,082 (±0.8% / ±1,919)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±1.6 (280,815  ±29,437) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 23.5 1,937,835 (±0.9 / ±79,883)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,793 ±574 Number of households
  • the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 111,157 ±984
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (44,900  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 2.2 241,060 (±0 / ±111)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±2.6% (344  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,744 (±1% / ±374)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,683 ±659 Number of housing units
  • the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 126,095 ±213
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$564,100 ±$18,495 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: $425,200 ±$6,512
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.1% ±1.9% (8,084  ±905.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 14% 34,156 (±1% / ±2,409.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±3.5% (35,729  ±1,454.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 92.7% 177,970 (±1.7% / ±3,334.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.9% ±2.3% (14,900  ±907.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 30.3% 58,096 (±1% / ±1,967.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

5.1% ±1% (2,398  ±473) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 6.4% 15,768
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12% ±1.2% (5,013  ±517) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 11.3% 23,533 (±0.5% / ±930)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5,013 Total veterans ±517 4,708 Male ±491 305 Female ±107

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