Payson, Arizona Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Payson is 13th in Arizona out of 98 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Payson is 14th in Arizona out of 98 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Payson is 15th in Arizona out of 98 other cities in Race - White

Payson is 19th in Arizona out of 56 other cities in Retail sales per capita

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Payson	Rank	Arizona	US
Current population (2012)	15,215	36th	6,553,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	19.5	61st	113,594.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	786	55th	56.3	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Payson	Rank	Arizona	US
Residents younger than 5	4.5%	77th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.5%	80th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	30.6%	13th	14.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Payson	Rank	Arizona	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.7%	32nd	85.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.5%	56th	26.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Payson	Rank	Arizona	US
Race - White	91.6%	15th	84.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	88th	4.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.3%	27th	5.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	72nd	3.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	66th	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	88th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	80th	30.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	14th	57.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Payson	Rank	Arizona	US
Female residents	51.6%	27th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.5%	87th	13.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Payson	Rank	Arizona	US
Housing units	8,958	39th	2,864,335	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.0%	50th	20.6%	25.9%
Households	6,485	44th	2,344,215	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.7%	53rd	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$213,000	34th	$197,400	$186,200
People per household	2.3	80th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Payson	Rank	Arizona	US
Income per capita	$24,914	41st	$25,784	$27,915
Income per household	$43,741	68th	$50,752	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.4%	63rd	16.2%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Payson	Rank	Arizona	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,575	27th	491,529	27,092,908
Retail sales	$282,270	29th	$86,758,801	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,319	19th	$13,637	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$75,072	28th	$13,268,514	$613,795,732

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