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Safford, AZ

10,239 Population
9.3 square miles 1,103.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 34.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,474 ±$2,751 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $27,149 ±$1,063
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,647 ±$6,619 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $67,325 ±$4,646
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±4% (1,422  ±408) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 17.3% † 6,295 (±2.3% / ±835)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.6 minutes ±3 (96,045  ±14,788) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 22.8 321,960 (±1.7 / ±26,996)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,681 ±240 Number of households
  • the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 12,746 ±254
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (10,084  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 2.9 36,426 (±0.1 / ±77)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.8% ±3.4% (209  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 6% † 524 (±1.7% / ±150)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,185 ±278 Number of housing units
  • the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 14,122 ±37
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$199,800 ±$16,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $212,000 ±$11,375
  • about half the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20% ±6.2% (2,019  ±628.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 16.3% † 6,329 (±2.5% / ±964.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.6% ±7.3% (5,446  ±513.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 85% 21,438 (±3.9% / ±991.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.1% ±3.4% (1,098  ±214.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 14.6% † 3,679 (±1.7% / ±437.3)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)
  • about half 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

2.4% ±1.5% (250  ±150) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 2.5% 973
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.1% (496  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 6% † 1,751 (±0.9% / ±274)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
496 Total veterans ±160 448 Male ±151 48 Female ±64

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