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Prescott, AZ

45,063 Population
45.3 square miles 995.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 54.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$41,225 ±$3,213 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: $33,588 ±$824
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $34,644 ±$189
$61,090 ±$3,680 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: $56,170 ±$1,530
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $65,913 ±$387

11.2% ±2% (4,856  ±845) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 12.5% 28,563 (±0.7% / ±1,584)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.5% 934,911 (±0.2% / ±13,056)

16.1 minutes ±1.3 (222,240  ±24,395) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 23.5 1,922,510 (±0.8 / ±79,559)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Arizona: 25.7 72,098,050 (±0.1 / ±371,889)

Families

21,186 ±632 Number of households
  • the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 103,934 ±1,022
  • Arizona: 2,683,557 ±6,004
2 ±0.1 (42,763  ±499) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 2.2 228,925 (±0 / ±686)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.6 6,930,677 (±0)

2.7% ±1.5% (179  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 3.8% † 1,455 (±0.8% / ±294)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 88,808 (±0.2% / ±2,768)

Housing

24,220 ±596 Number of housing units
  • the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 119,753 ±324
  • Arizona: 3,056,890 ±502

$386,300 ±$14,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: $295,400 ±$6,287
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $265,600 ±$977

16.9% ±2% (7,600  ±882.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 33,147 (±1% / ±2,333.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 16.2% 1,136,173 (±0.2% / ±13,602.7)

Social

95.2% ±3.9% (34,160  ±1,540) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 91.6% 165,575 (±1.9% / ±3,407)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 88.3% 4,231,547 (±0.3% / ±16,075.2)
38.4% ±2.5% (13,783  ±933.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 27.8% 50,231 (±1% / ±1,814.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 31.2% 1,495,416 (±0.2% / ±9,819.8)

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

5.9% ±1.2% (2,653  ±545) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 6.6% 15,387 (±0.5% / ±1,178)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 13% 922,119 (±0.1% / ±9,249)

15.7% ±1.7% (6,220  ±666) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area: 13.3% 26,109 (±0.6% / ±1,232)
  • nearly double the rate in Arizona: 8.7% 471,924 (±0.1% / ±4,871)
6,220 Total veterans ±666 5,825 Male ±663 395 Female ±128

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