
Arizona · Census place 06470
Bitter Springs, AZ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Bitter Springs, Arizona (Bitter Springs, AZ — Census place “Bitter Springs CDP”) is 435 residents, ranking #296 of 467 places in Arizona. Median household income is $37,115, the median home is worth $64,300 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Bitter Springs Arizona ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bitter Springs, AZ: 86040.
- Population
- 435Bitter Springs CDP residents
- Median household income
- $37,115Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $64,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 100%Owner-occupied households
Bitter Springs ZIP codes (Arizona)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bitter Springs.
The Bitter Springs AZ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Bitter Springs CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8% of residents and 100% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Bitter Springs CDP, AZ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Bitter Springs CDP is a very small community in Arizona, with 435 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #296 of 467 ranked by population — larger than 36% of them. The median age here is 34.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Bitter Springs CDP earn a median of $37,115 a year, 52.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 42% below the $63,545 median for the 206 Arizona cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Bitter Springs CDP is valued at $64,300, 78.8% below the national figure and 74% below the $242,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 100% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
With 435 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Bitter Springs CDP against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld gross rent for Bitter Springs CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Arizona.
- Mammoth town 1,015
- Tombstone city 1,022
- Wilhoit CDP 1,027
- Leupp CDP 1,027
- Moenkopi CDP 1,028
- Blue Ridge CDP 1,037
- Duncan town 1,063
- Fredonia town 1,084
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Bitter Springs CDP?
- Bitter Springs CDP has 435 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #296 of 467 in Arizona.
- What is the median household income in Bitter Springs CDP?
- Median household income in Bitter Springs CDP is $37,115 a year, 52.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bitter Springs CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $64,300.
- Is Bitter Springs CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bitter Springs CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Bitter Springs CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.