What is the population of Thatcher town?

Thatcher town has 5,354 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #90 of 467 in Arizona.

What is the median household income in Thatcher town?

Median household income in Thatcher town is $77,455 a year, 1.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $967 a month and the median home value is $274,400, so rent absorbs about 15% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Thatcher town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Thatcher, AZ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Thatcher, Arizona (Thatcher, AZ — Census place “Thatcher town”) is 5,354 residents, ranking #90 of 467 places in Arizona. Median household income is $77,455, the median home is worth $274,400 and median gross rent runs $967 a month. Looking for the Thatcher Arizona ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Thatcher, AZ: 85552.

Population: 5,354Thatcher town residents
Median household income: $77,455Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $274,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $967Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 29.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.9%Owner-occupied households

Thatcher ZIP codes (Arizona)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Thatcher.

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

85552

What the numbers mean in Thatcher town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Thatcher town median would spend about 15% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.3% of residents and 70.9% of households own their home.

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

Thatcher town, AZ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Thatcher town is a mid-size town in Arizona, with 5,354 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #90 of 467 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 29.6 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 Thatcher town earn a median of $77,455 a year, 1.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% above 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 12.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Thatcher town is valued at $274,400, 9.6% below the national figure and 13% above the $242,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $967 a month, 31.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,604 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15% 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 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70.9% 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 29.6 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.

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 Thatcher town?: Thatcher town has 5,354 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #90 of 467 in Arizona.
What is the median household income in Thatcher town?: Median household income in Thatcher town is $77,455 a year, 1.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Thatcher town?: Median gross rent is $967 a month and the median home value is $274,400, so rent absorbs about 15% of median household income.
Is Thatcher town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Thatcher town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Thatcher 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.