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Payson, AZ

16,494 Population
19.3 square miles 852.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 51.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,610 ±$3,365 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: $32,645 ±$1,593
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$65,175 ±$5,865 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: $59,089 ±$2,938
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

8.3% ±2.3% (1,338  ±377) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 17.8% † 9,297 (±2.1% / ±1,097)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

18.2 minutes ±3.5 (92,145  ±20,218) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 21.2 355,235 (±1.3 / ±28,902)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

7,821 ±435 Number of households
  • the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 23,253 ±658
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
2.1 ±0.1 (16,149  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 2.3 52,382 (±0.1 / ±69)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

6.3% ±4.3% (154  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 6% † 542 (±2.2% / ±202)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

9,824 ±456 Number of housing units
  • the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 32,614 ±48
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$343,200 ±$22,535 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: $247,000 ±$13,464
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

19.1% ±5.5% (3,115  ±,901.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 14.5% † 7,709 (±2.3% / ±1,199.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

92.6% ±5.8% (12,030  ±,867.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 89.6% 35,968 (±3.6% / ±1,448.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
26.5% ±3.5% (3,444  ±,472.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 18.9% 7,563 (±1.8% / ±,708.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.9% ±1.2% (641  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 3.4% 1,796
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

13.5% ±2.4% (1,865  ±341) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 11.4% 4,917 (±1.1% / ±459)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
1,865 Total veterans ±341 1,698 Male ±293 167 Female ±123

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