What is the population of Payson town?

Payson town has 16,494 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 467 in Arizona.

What is the median household income in Payson town?

Median household income in Payson town is $65,175 a year, 17% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Payson town?

Median gross rent is $1,355 a month and the median home value is $343,200, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.

Is Payson town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Payson town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Payson, AZ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Payson, Arizona (Payson, AZ — Census place “Payson town”) is 16,494 residents, ranking #47 of 467 places in Arizona. Median household income is $65,175, the median home is worth $343,200 and median gross rent runs $1,355 a month. Looking for the Payson Arizona ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Payson, AZ: 85541.

Population: 16,494Payson town residents
Median household income: $65,175Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $343,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,355Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 58.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.2%Owner-occupied households

Payson ZIP codes (Arizona)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Payson.

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

85541

What the numbers mean in Payson town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Payson town median would spend about 24.9% 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 5.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.3% of residents and 77.2% of households own their home.

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

Payson town, AZ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Payson town is a mid-size town in Arizona, with 16,494 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #47 of 467 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 58.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Payson town earn a median of $65,175 a year, 17% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% above 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 8.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Payson town is valued at $343,200, 13.1% above the national figure and 41% above the $242,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,355 a month, 3.6% below the national figure, or roughly $16,260 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.9% 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 5.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 77.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 58.9 puts Payson town well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

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 Payson town?: Payson town has 16,494 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 467 in Arizona.
What is the median household income in Payson town?: Median household income in Payson town is $65,175 a year, 17% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Payson town?: Median gross rent is $1,355 a month and the median home value is $343,200, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.
Is Payson town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Payson town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Payson town 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.