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Payson Unified District, AZ

23,249 Population
525 square miles 44.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Gila County: 51.1 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,475 ±$3,472 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Gila County: $35,047 ±$1,744
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,333 ±$3,945 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gila County: $61,986 ±$2,848
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10% ±2.5% (2,305  ±582) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gila County: 16.9% † 8,902 (±2.1% / ±1,127)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±2.9 (138,990  ±25,449) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gila County: 21.9 368,110 (±1.8 / ±36,949)
  • about three-quarters 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

11,715 ±478 Number of households
  • Gila County: 23,645 ±605
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (22,918  ±506) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gila County: 2.2 52,716 (±0.1 / ±70)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±4.8% (170  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Gila County: 5.2% † 472 (±2.4% / ±222)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,796 ±505 Number of housing units
  • Gila County: 32,742 ±46
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$360,600 ±$20,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Gila County: $269,400 ±$14,030
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.7% ±4.1% (3,860  ±954.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gila County: 13.9% † 7,384 (±2% / ±1,080.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±4.7% (17,759  ±1,041.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gila County: 90.5% 36,538 (±3.5% / ±1,411.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.3% ±2.6% (4,247  ±506.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gila County: 18.7% 7,566 (±1.8% / ±707)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)
  • about three-fifths of 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

4% ±1.1% (935  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gila County: 3.6% 1,914
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.8% ±1.9% (2,748  ±384) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Gila County: 10.7% 4,677 (±1.1% / ±458)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,748 Total veterans ±384 2,597 Male ±345 151 Female ±96

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