City safety & data profile
SomertonAZ
Somerton, AZ is a 15K-resident city in Yuma County with a median household income of $74,015.
Yuma County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Somerton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Somerton has a population larger than 27% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $232,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 15K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 28%
- By size
- $74,015
- Median income (place)
- $232,600
- Median home (place)
- 13.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Somerton
Somerton posts a median household income higher than 42% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Somerton area.
- Bottom 43%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Somerton
Composite score · Somerton, AZ
27/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
See the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Somerton income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$74,015 Bottom 42% higher than 42% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-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
Biggest cities by headcount in AZ
66 AZ places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this 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 By headcount, Phoenix ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Paradise Valley.
Highest median incomes in AZ
Median household income among the same 66-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Paradise Valley
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 Foothills
Catalina Foothills, AZ
$115,304 median
- Fountain Hills
Fountain Hills, AZ
$112,654 median
- Marana
Marana, AZ
$112,606 median
What this shows Income honors go to Paradise Valley here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Phoenix.
The quick read
Reading Somerton, AZ beyond the headline numbers
Somerton sits inside Yuma County, Arizona, at roughly 32.60°N, -114.71°W. Population 15,048, $74,015 median household income. Median home value $232,600, median rent $896. Poverty rate 13.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Somerton (nearest 8.1 mi away), 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 76°F annual average, 3.2" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 31.2% in Somerton, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Somerton's median age is 31.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
12.4% of Somerton adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
A typical renter in Somerton, AZ pays $896/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Only 6.2% of Somerton workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Unemployment in Somerton sits at 3.7%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Public transit carries 0% of Somerton workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
The median home in Somerton costs roughly 3.1 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Poverty in Somerton, AZ stands at 13.8%, 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.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Somerton 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.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Yuma County): Somerton'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.
Money & Work
Somerton's median rent of $896/mo runs 42% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. A second figure worth noting: median household income at $74,015, 17% below the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 13.8% +11% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 12.4% |
| Work From Home | 6.2% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals Within Range 1 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20247.3% below national average
Metro area: Yuma, AZ (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-level8 flood insurance claims have been filed in Yuma County since 2016, with $222K paid out by the NFIP.
No single named event dominates this county's claim history: most are individual, unnamed flood losses.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Somerton?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Somerton right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet AZ-SOMERTON-AZ · Somerton
Somerton: 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 Somerton; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arizona state hubs · Methodology
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Somerton, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (13.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($74,015 here).
Compare Somerton 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.
In the Area 8
Turning this into a research checklist
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 Somerton area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Somerton against Arizona peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arizona
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
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 (Yuma 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 2026-09-16.