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Safford, AZ

10,217 Population
9.3 square miles 1,101.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 34.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,982 ±$2,417 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $26,094 ±$1,022
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$65,727 ±$7,888 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $67,326 ±$4,549
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

13.3% ±3.1% (1,333  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 17.7% † 6,319 (±2.2% / ±800)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

24.7 minutes ±3.4 (104,310  ±16,577) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 24 319,960 (±1.7 / ±26,881)
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

3,669 ±245 Number of households
  • the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 12,460 ±262
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
2.7 ±0.2 (10,049  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 2.9 35,751 (±0.1 / ±82)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

7.8% ±3.7% (182  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 6.6% † 559 (±1.8% / ±155)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

4,132 ±266 Number of housing units
  • the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 13,941 ±39
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$191,600 ±$13,908 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $202,700 ±$11,717
  • about half the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

20.8% ±5.8% (2,096  ±585.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 17% † 6,518 (±2.4% / ±929.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

87.7% ±7.2% (5,384  ±516.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 84.2% 20,870 (±3.7% / ±909.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
19.3% ±3.6% (1,182  ±225.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 14.6% † 3,615 (±1.6% / ±393.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 32.6% 1,627,462 (±0.2% / ±10,137.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% ±1.5% (281  ±152) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 2.6% 1,007
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

5.3% ±1.5% (397  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 5.8% † 1,648 (±0.7% / ±195)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
397 Total veterans ±115 355 Male ±110 42 Female ±57

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