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Fort Valley, AZ

Fort Valley's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

1,803
Residents
$157,778
Median income
$913,600
Median home
$1,419
Median rent (state)
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Sheet AZ-FORT-VALLEY-AZ · Fort Valley, AZ 1,803 pop · income 95th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-TOP · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-TOP · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 1,803
  • INC-TOP $157,778
  • COL-PAR 100.7
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-TOP 95th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Metuchen
  • HOME-TOP $913,600
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Metuchen, NJ (+ $1 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Fort Valley

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Fort Valley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Fort Valley on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,803.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $157,778. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Fort Valley - the verdict

Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Fort Valley places in the 95th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

95th
percentile, household income
96th
percentile, home value
64th
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📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Fort Valley, AZ

Arizona's Fort Valley is a small town, with 1,803 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $157,778 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.9%. Typical homes in Fort Valley are valued around $913,600, and the median resident age is 47.2 years. Educational attainment runs 69.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 54.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 47.4°F with 20.6 inches of precipitation per year.

Arizona tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 100.7 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,419 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $215 across Arizona, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 84.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Fort Valley's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Fort Valley, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

What does the journey to work look like in Fort Valley?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 61.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.

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2. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Fort Valley?

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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3. Climate and hazard context

What physical conditions frame life in Fort Valley?

The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.

NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 47.4°F, with 20.6 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Arizona is 84.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.

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4. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Fort Valley?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within Arizona, the closest population matches are Quartzsite (1,805 residents, $24,359 income); Huachuca City (1,808 residents, $47,621 income); Wagon Wheel (1,767 residents, $55,506 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Midland City, AL (1,803 residents); Charlotte Park, FL (1,803 residents); South Floral Park, NY (1,803 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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Population

1,803 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$157,778 /yr

Top-decile income · poverty 1.9% (Low poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

100.7 (US=100)

Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average

City profile score · Fort Valley, AZ

80/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Household income A+
$157,778

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Bachelor's+ share A+
69.5%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate A
1.9%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Cost of living F
100.7 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Fort Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Household income, Bachelor's+ share, Poverty rate, Cost of living. Household incomeBachelor's+ sharePoverty rateCost of living 80 A-
Fort Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Household income: 98/100 (A+) · $157,778
  • Bachelor's+ share: 97/100 (A+) · 69.5%
  • Poverty rate: 86/100 (A) · 1.9%
  • Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index

How does Fort Valley compare to other US cities?

Fort Valley measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 95% higher than other cities
Home value 96% pricier than other cities
Median rent 64% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Fort Valley against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arizona only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Arizona-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Fort Valley near the bottom of Arizona's cities

Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Fort Valley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Fort Valley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#2 of 333
99th percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Median Home Value
#3 of 327
99th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#302 of 393
23rd percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#6 of 394
98th percentile in Arizona
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arizona only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

95thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

95th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Fort Valley's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$913,600 4th percentile more affordable than 4% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). This entry sits in this band. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Fort Valley $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Fort Valley's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.8×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,899 of 15,516
More affordable than 10% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,340 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 5.8×, Fort Valley sits in the pressured band: national rank #13,899 of 15,516 and #10,340 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$157,778 Fort Valley, AZ median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Fort Valley, AZ Fort Valley, AZ's median household income ($157,778) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Fort Valley, AZ-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Fort Valley, AZ median $157,778/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Fort Valley, AZ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Fort Valley, AZ.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 69.5%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 1.9%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 54.6%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
1,803
Median Income
$157,778
Median Home Value
$913,600
Median Age
47.2
Poverty Rate
1.9%
Labor force participation
54.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
69.5%

Climate

Avg Temperature
47.4°F
Annual Precipitation
20.6"
Annual Snowfall
N/A

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
61.0%
Carpool
21.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
17.8%

Based on 736 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Arizona statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $215

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arizona at $215 (electricity about $131 , water and sewer about $50 ).

These are Arizona statewide averages, not a meter reading for Fort Valley. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Arizona's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.7 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Fort Valley is $1,419/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arizona statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 84.5 / 100 (High).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Arizona statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Fort Valley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Fort Valley compares to similar-size Arizona cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Fort Valley (this city) 1,803 $157,778
Quartzsite 1,805 $24,359
Huachuca City 1,808 $47,621
Wagon Wheel 1,767 $55,506
NOAA Normals
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NOAA Climate Normals, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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