What is the population of Show Low city?

Show Low city has 11,913 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 467 in Arizona.

What is the median household income in Show Low city?

Median household income in Show Low city is $63,376 a year, 19.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,055 a month and the median home value is $275,000, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.

Is Show Low city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Show Low city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Show Low, AZ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Show Low, Arizona (Show Low, AZ — Census place “Show Low city”) is 11,913 residents, ranking #66 of 467 places in Arizona. Median household income is $63,376, the median home is worth $275,000 and median gross rent runs $1,055 a month. Looking for the Show Low Arizona ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Show Low, AZ: 85901.

Population: 11,913Show Low city residents
Median household income: $63,376Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $275,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,055Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.7%Owner-occupied households

Show Low ZIP codes (Arizona)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Show Low.

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

85901

What the numbers mean in Show Low city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Show Low city median would spend about 20% 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 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11% of residents and 67.7% of households own their home.

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

Show Low city, AZ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Show Low city is a mid-size town in Arizona, with 11,913 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #66 of 467 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 44.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Show Low city earn a median of $63,376 a year, 19.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $63,545 median for the 206 Arizona cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 11% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Show Low city is valued at $275,000, 9.4% below the national figure and 13% above the $242,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,055 a month, 25% below the national figure, or roughly $12,660 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20% 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 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 67.7% 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.

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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What is the population of Show Low city?: Show Low city has 11,913 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 467 in Arizona.
What is the median household income in Show Low city?: Median household income in Show Low city is $63,376 a year, 19.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Show Low city?: Median gross rent is $1,055 a month and the median home value is $275,000, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.
Is Show Low city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Show Low city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Show Low 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.