Housing density: 514 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $230,359.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,197 (lower quartile is $882, upper quartile is $1,463)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,273
Median gross rent in Payson, AZ in 2022: $1,418
Housing units in Payson with a mortgage: 3,257 (225 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 217 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 81
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $75,486
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $56,853
Size of family households: 2,735 2-persons, 820 3-persons, 774 4-persons, 138 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 112 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,700 1-person, 524 2-persons, 4 3-persons.
1,718 married couples with children.
462 single-parent households (3 men, 459 women).
90.7% of residents of Payson speak English at home.
7.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 753 (4.5%)
(69.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 86.3% Number of people working at home: 635 (10.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 609
5 to 9 minutes: 1,847
10 to 14 minutes: 1,455
15 to 19 minutes: 272
20 to 24 minutes: 37
25 to 29 minutes: 55
30 to 34 minutes: 59
35 to 39 minutes: 0
40 to 44 minutes: 48
45 to 59 minutes: 74
60 to 89 minutes: 240
90 or more minutes: 353
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 5,050 (72.2%)
Carpooled: 1,018 (14.6%)
Taxi: 54 (0.8%)
Bicycle: 31 (0.4%)
Walked: 11 (0.2%)
Worked at home: 635 (9.1%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
5.2%Males
5.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
100.0%Males
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
6.0%Males
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
29.3%Males
Unemployment rate for other race residents
51.2%Males
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
14.5%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Payson, Arizona
712010 or later
2672000 to 2009
841990 to 1999
691980 to 1989
681970 to 1979
278Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 1,017 (13.6%)
English: 980 (13.1%)
German: 814 (10.9%)
Irish: 517 (6.9%)
Italian: 417 (5.6%)
Norwegian: 175 (2.3%)
Scottish: 140 (1.9%)
French: 136 (1.8%)
Dutch: 119 (1.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 87 (1.2%)
Welsh: 85 (1.1%)
Scandinavian: 77 (1.0%)
French Canadian: 75 (1.0%)
Polish: 62 (0.8%)
Swedish: 57 (0.8%)
European: 47 (0.6%)
Finnish: 38 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.5%)
Romanian: 29 (0.4%)
Northern European: 28 (0.4%)
Czech: 27 (0.4%)
Russian: 25 (0.3%)
Turkish: 25 (0.3%)
Assyrian: 19 (0.3%)
Jamaican: 17 (0.2%)
Austrian: 13 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.1%)
Slovak: 10 (0.1%)
Swiss: 10 (0.1%)
Pennsylvania German: 8 (0.1%)
Canadian: 7 (0.09%)
British: 7 (0.09%)
South African: 7 (0.09%)
Yugoslavian: 6 (0.08%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Payson:
26.7% (201)
Arizona:
53.4% (500,086)
Guatemala
Payson:
9.6% (72)
Arizona:
1.6% (14,556)
Jordan
Payson:
7.4% (56)
Arizona:
0.1% (1,319)
Cambodia
Payson:
7.3% (55)
Arizona:
0.2% (1,716)
Canada
Payson:
6.5% (49)
Arizona:
4.3% (40,102)
Thailand
Payson:
5.3% (40)
Arizona:
0.5% (4,338)
Germany
Payson:
4.2% (32)
Arizona:
1.5% (14,058)
Honduras
Payson:
3.5% (26)
Arizona:
0.4% (3,511)
South Africa
Payson:
3.3% (25)
Arizona:
0.3% (2,667)
Jamaica
Payson:
3.2% (24)
Arizona:
0.3% (2,710)
Philippines
Payson:
3.1% (23)
Arizona:
3.2% (30,378)
Ireland
Payson:
2.7% (20)
Arizona:
0.1% (1,308)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Payson:
2.7% (20)
Arizona:
0.7% (6,565)
Japan
Payson:
2.7% (20)
Arizona:
0.6% (6,077)
Iran
Payson:
2.5% (19)
Arizona:
0.6% (5,893)
Ukraine
Payson:
2.4% (18)
Arizona:
0.2% (2,223)
Russia
Payson:
2.3% (17)
Arizona:
0.4% (3,763)
Switzerland
Payson:
1.6% (12)
Arizona:
0.1% (993)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 5,743
Other state: 10,232
Northeast: 1,139
Midwest: 3,217
South: 1,429
West: 4,475
82.2% of Payson residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 22.1% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 63.7% lived in Arizona.
Payson:
82.2%
State average:
86.0%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 40
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 45
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 50
11th grade: 168
12th grade, no diploma: 234
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,901
Less than 1 year of college: 425
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,194
Associate degree: 593
Bachelor's degree: 1,054
Master's degree: 391
Professional school degree: 96
Doctorate degree: 58
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 29
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 47
7th and 8th grade: 68
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 9
11th grade: 271
12th grade, no diploma: 41
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,747
Less than 1 year of college: 957
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,247
Associate degree: 834
Bachelor's degree: 1,040
Master's degree: 632
Professional school degree: 44
Doctorate degree: 122
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,681
One, attached: 136
Two: 50
3 or 4: 255
5 to 9: 183
10 to 19: 89
20 to 49: 69
50 or more: 74
Mobile homes: 1,444
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $213,486
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.1%