City safety & data profile
PaysonAZ
Payson, AZ is a 15K-resident city in Gila County with a median household income of $67,710.
Gila County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Payson, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Payson has a population larger than 29% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $382,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 15K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 30%
- By size
- $67,710
- Median income (place)
- $382,400
- Median home (place)
- 11%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Payson
Payson posts a median household income higher than 34% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Payson area.
- Bottom 35%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Payson
Where Payson income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$67,710 Bottom 34% higher than 34% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in AZ
Population among 66 AZ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
1,650,070 residents
- Tucson 542,629
Tucson, AZ
542,629 residents
- Mesa 471,825
Mesa, AZ
471,825 residents
- Chandler 260,828
Chandler, AZ
260,828 residents
- Gilbert 247,542
Gilbert, AZ
247,542 residents
- Glendale 240,126
Glendale, AZ
240,126 residents
- Scottsdale 236,839
Scottsdale, AZ
236,839 residents
- Peoria 190,985
Peoria, AZ
190,985 residents
- Tempe 175,826
Tempe, AZ
175,826 residents
- Surprise 143,148
Surprise, AZ
143,148 residents
What this shows Phoenix is the largest AZ city on this list; Paradise Valley leads median income.
Highest median incomes in AZ
Median household income among the same 66-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Paradise Val…
Paradise Valley, AZ
$247,159 median
- Queen Creek
Queen Creek, AZ
$141,978 median
- New River
New River, AZ
$134,289 median
- Vail
Vail, AZ
$130,904 median
- Gilbert
Gilbert, AZ
$122,551 median
- Tanque Verde
Tanque Verde, AZ
$121,599 median
- Anthem
Anthem, AZ
$120,613 median
- Catalina Foo…
Catalina Foothills, AZ
$115,304 median
- Fountain Hills
Fountain Hills, AZ
$112,654 median
- Marana
Marana, AZ
$112,606 median
What this shows Paradise Valley posts the highest place-level median income in AZ; Phoenix is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Payson, AZ beyond the headline numbers
Payson sits inside Gila County, Arizona, at roughly 34.23°N, -111.33°W. Population 15,345, $67,710 median household income. Median home value $382,400, median rent $1,345. Poverty rate 11%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Payson, 4/5 avg rating, 0 with an ER.
Poverty in Payson, AZ stands at 11%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
The median home in Payson costs around 5.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
13.9% of Payson workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 9.9% in Payson, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0% of Payson workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
At 60.9 years, Payson's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Payson from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Gila County): Payson's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 11% -11% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 7.1% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 24.5% |
| Work From Home | 13.9% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Payson?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Payson right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet AZ-PAYSON-AZ · Payson
Payson: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Payson; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arizona state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Payson, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (11% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($67,710 here).
Compare Payson with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Payson's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Payson area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Payson against Arizona peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arizona
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Gila County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.