What is the population of Safford city?

Safford city has 10,217 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #68 of 467 in Arizona.

What is the median household income in Safford city?

Median household income in Safford city is $65,727 a year, 16.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $976 a month and the median home value is $191,600, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Safford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Safford, AZ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Safford, Arizona (Safford, AZ — Census place “Safford city”) is 10,217 residents, ranking #68 of 467 places in Arizona. Median household income is $65,727, the median home is worth $191,600 and median gross rent runs $976 a month. Looking for the Safford Arizona ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Safford, AZ: 85546.

Population: 10,217Safford city residents
Median household income: $65,727Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $191,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $976Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.1%Owner-occupied households

Safford ZIP codes (Arizona)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Safford.

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

85546

What the numbers mean in Safford city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Safford city median would spend about 17.8% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.3% of residents and 73.1% of households own their home.

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

Safford city, AZ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Safford city is a mid-size town in Arizona, with 10,217 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #68 of 467 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 31.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Safford city earn a median of $65,727 a year, 16.3% 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 13.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Safford city is valued at $191,600, 36.8% below the national figure and 21% below the $242,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $976 a month, 30.6% below the national figure, or roughly $11,712 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 73.1% 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.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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

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What is the population of Safford city?: Safford city has 10,217 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #68 of 467 in Arizona.
What is the median household income in Safford city?: Median household income in Safford city is $65,727 a year, 16.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Safford city?: Median gross rent is $976 a month and the median home value is $191,600, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.
Is Safford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Safford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Safford 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.