What is the population of Nogales city?

Nogales city has 19,753 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 467 in Arizona.

What is the median household income in Nogales city?

Median household income in Nogales city is $40,745 a year, 48.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Nogales city?

Median gross rent is $691 a month and the median home value is $172,800, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.

Is Nogales city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Nogales city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Nogales, AZ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Nogales, Arizona (Nogales, AZ — Census place “Nogales city”) is 19,753 residents, ranking #43 of 467 places in Arizona. Median household income is $40,745, the median home is worth $172,800 and median gross rent runs $691 a month. Looking for the Nogales Arizona ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Nogales, AZ: 85621.

Population: 19,753Nogales city residents
Median household income: $40,745Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $172,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $691Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.5%Owner-occupied households

Nogales ZIP codes (Arizona)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Nogales.

The Nogales AZ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

85621

What the numbers mean in Nogales city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Nogales city median would spend about 20.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 26.1% of residents and 49.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Nogales city, AZ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Nogales city is a mid-size town in Arizona, with 19,753 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #43 of 467 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 37 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Nogales city earn a median of $40,745 a year, 48.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 36% below the $63,545 median for the 206 Arizona cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 26.1% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Nogales city is valued at $172,800, 43% below the national figure and 29% below the $242,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $691 a month, 50.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,292 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 49.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Nogales city?: Nogales city has 19,753 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 467 in Arizona.
What is the median household income in Nogales city?: Median household income in Nogales city is $40,745 a year, 48.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Nogales city?: Median gross rent is $691 a month and the median home value is $172,800, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.
Is Nogales city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Nogales city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Nogales city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.