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Prescott, AZ

46,744 Population
49.2 square miles 949.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 55 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$49,159 ±$3,375 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: $39,890 ±$948
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$69,151 ±$3,363 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: $66,106 ±$1,808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

11.6% ±2% (5,175  ±896) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 12.6% 29,898 (±0.9% / ±2,238)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

16.3 minutes ±1.3 (240,455  ±24,617) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 22.9 1,896,285 (±0.5 / ±63,857)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

22,751 ±522 Number of households
  • the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 108,900 ±926
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
1.9 ±0 (44,247  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 2.2 237,073 (±0 / ±124)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

4.6% ±1.9% (305  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,690 (±0.9% / ±333)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

25,807 ±540 Number of housing units
  • the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 124,032 ±108
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$528,500 ±$21,995 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: $392,900 ±$7,576
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

17.4% ±1.7% (8,099  ±800.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 13.8% 33,197 (±0.9% / ±2,055.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

96.1% ±3.5% (36,063  ±1,424.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 92.5% 174,437 (±1.8% / ±3,392.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
41.1% ±2.4% (15,414  ±919.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 29.6% 55,826 (±1% / ±1,840.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

5.2% ±0.9% (2,437  ±420) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 6.5% 15,714
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

13.3% ±1.4% (5,496  ±566) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 12.2% 24,936 (±0.6% / ±1,193)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
5,496 Total veterans ±566 5,120 Male ±567 376 Female ±103

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