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Payson, AZ

16,363 Population
19.3 square miles 845.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 50.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$36,705 ±$2,843 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: $29,945 ±$1,249
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $38,334 ±$204
$60,095 ±$5,820 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: $55,242 ±$2,715
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $72,581 ±$450

9.4% ±2.8% (1,508  ±443) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 19% † 9,910 (±2.2% / ±1,133)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 13.1% 916,876 (±0.2% / ±13,566)

20.6 minutes ±4.1 (107,185  ±23,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 22.2 373,760 (±1.6 / ±31,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.6 71,059,330 (±0.1 / ±410,968)

Families

7,558 ±405 Number of households
  • the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 22,714 ±655
  • Arizona: 2,739,136 ±5,481
2.1 ±0.1 (15,977  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 2.3 52,208 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.6 7,015,059

5.9% ±3.7% (143  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 6.7% † 602 (±2.2% / ±197)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 89,186 (±0.2% / ±3,180)

Housing

9,728 ±527 Number of housing units
  • the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 32,519 ±43
  • Arizona: 3,097,768 ±475

$305,700 ±$22,271 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: $222,500 ±$14,217
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $321,400 ±$1,236

19.1% ±4.5% (3,087  ±,723.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 16.8% † 8,860 (±2.2% / ±1,162.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 15.4% 1,092,091 (±0.2% / ±13,837)

Social

92% ±5.8% (11,911  ±831) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 87.1% 34,573 (±3.3% / ±1,315.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 88.7% 4,327,527 (±0.3% / ±15,979.6)
24.7% ±3.3% (3,201  ±,431.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 18.1% 7,175 (±1.7% / ±,656.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 31.8% 1,551,454 (±0.2% / ±9,297)

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

4.5% ±1.4% (733  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 3.1% 1,678
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 13.1% 935,960

12.9% ±2.3% (1,775  ±314) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 11.9% † 5,114 (±1.2% / ±518)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 8.4% 468,568 (±0.1% / ±4,876)
1,775 Total veterans ±314 1,582 Male ±279 193 Female ±97

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