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Thatcher, AZ

5,172 Population
6.6 square miles 783.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±8.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 33.8 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,973 ±$3,201 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $20,741 ±$934
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $34,644 ±$189
$66,821 ±$7,680 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $57,105 ±$3,762
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $65,913 ±$387

13.3% ±5.7% (655  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 20% † 6,940 (±2.6% / ±891)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 13.5% 934,911 (±0.2% / ±13,056)

22.4 minutes ±5 (44,030  ±11,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 22.8 287,325 (±1.8 / ±27,273)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.7 72,098,050 (±0.1 / ±371,889)

Families

1,675 ±149 Number of households
  • the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 11,577 ±287
  • Arizona: 2,683,557 ±6,004
2.9 ±0.3 (4,906  ±188) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 3 34,822 (±0.1 / ±483)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.6 6,930,677 (±0)

7.4% ±4.5% (105  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 6.8% † 559 (±2.1% / ±173)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 88,808 (±0.2% / ±2,768)

Housing

1,828 ±161 Number of housing units
  • the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 13,622 ±167
  • Arizona: 3,056,890 ±502

$184,800 ±$32,523 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: $150,400 ±$7,455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $265,600 ±$977

28% ±11% (1,425  ±561.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 18.4% † 6,913 (±2.5% / ±928.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 16.2% 1,136,173 (±0.2% / ±13,602.7)

Social

85.4% ±8.9% (2,469  ±335.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 83.5% 20,066 (±3.5% / ±837.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 88.3% 4,231,547 (±0.3% / ±16,075.2)
21.5% ±6.1% (620  ±185.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 14.7% † 3,529 (±1.5% / ±371.4)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1.9% ±1.3% (96  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 2.1% † 807 (±0.6% / ±221)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arizona: 13% 922,119 (±0.1% / ±9,249)

3.9% ±2.4% (146  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Safford, AZ Micro Area: 5.8% † 1,633 (±0.8% / ±232)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 8.7% 471,924 (±0.1% / ±4,871)
146 Total veterans ±92 138 Male ±91 8 Female ±18

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