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Thatcher, AZ

5,122 Population
6.6 square miles 775.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$23,934 ±$2,491 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $19,878 ±$765
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $32,340 ±$182
$62,328 ±$5,138 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $55,693 ±$3,071
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $61,529 ±$286

12.6% ±6.1% (610  ±297) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 21.2% † 7,324 (±2.6% / ±910)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.1% 990,528 (±0.2% / ±12,842)

20.7 minutes ±3.8 (36,240  ±8,458) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 22.9 289,600 (±1.5 / ±23,410)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.8 74,646,265 (±0.1 / ±443,232)

Families

1,610 ±173 Number of households
  • the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 11,348 ±319
  • Arizona: 2,643,430 ±6,290
3 ±0.3 (4,838  ±148) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 3.1 34,718 (±0.1 / ±414)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,016,130 (±0)

12.3% ±6% (165  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 6.8% † 561 (±2% / ±162)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 89,575 (±0.2% / ±2,739)

Housing

1,769 ±182 Number of housing units
  • the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 13,678 ±135
  • Arizona: 3,040,595 ±794

$180,700 ±$20,298 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $146,600 ±$7,478
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $242,000 ±$963

28.9% ±10% (1,449  ±501.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 17.8% † 6,729 (±2.4% / ±924.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,202,434 (±0.2% / ±15,058.8)

Social

88.6% ±9.5% (2,414  ±317.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 85.3% 20,527 (±3.5% / ±845.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 87.9% 4,258,137 (±0.4% / ±16,948.7)
25% ±6.5% (680  ±183.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 14.8% † 3,566 (±1.5% / ±355.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 30.3% 1,468,698 (±0.2% / ±9,585.1)

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

2.3% ±1.4% (115  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 2.3% † 887 (±0.5% / ±181)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 947,611 (±0.2% / ±10,597)

3.4% ±1.6% (125  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 6.3% † 1,771 (±0.9% / ±241)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 8.9% 491,239 (±0.1% / ±4,620)
125 Total veterans ±57 115 Male ±57 10 Female ±14

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