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85501

12,395 Population
549.6 square miles 22.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 51.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,414 ±$2,141 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: $35,047 ±$1,744
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,983 ±$5,852 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: $61,986 ±$2,848
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.8% ±4.1% (1,839  ±492) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 16.9% † 8,902 (±2.1% / ±1,127)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±2.3 (99,695  ±17,392) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 21.9 368,110 (±1.8 / ±36,949)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,053 ±445 Number of households
  • the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 23,645 ±605
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (11,751  ±915) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 2.2 52,716 (±0.1 / ±70)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±3.9% (87  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 5.2% † 472 (±2.4% / ±222)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,764 ±455 Number of housing units
  • the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 32,742 ±46
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,200 ±$11,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: $269,400 ±$14,030
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±3.2% (1,370  ±405.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 13.9% † 7,384 (±2% / ±1,080.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±3.1% (7,754  ±687.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 90.5% 36,538 (±3.5% / ±1,411.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.6% ±3.2% (1,470  ±307.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 18.7% 7,566 (±1.8% / ±707)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.2% ±1.6% (643  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 3.6% 1,914
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±1.5% (663  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Payson, AZ Micro Area: 10.7% 4,677 (±1.1% / ±458)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
663 Total veterans ±164 615 Male ±164 48 Female ±38

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