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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.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hard Rock 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: 111.
111 people call Hard Rock, Arizona home. Source: Census ACS.
22nd
percentile, home value
64th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Hard Rock, AZ
Arizona's Hard Rock is a small town, with 111 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Typical homes in Hard Rock are valued around $134,400, and the median resident age is 26.4 years. About 4.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 6.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Arizona's average monthly utility costs around $215 (state average). 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 Hard Rock'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hard Rock, city-specific coverage includes the base Census profile only.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Hard Rock?
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 Wintersburg (110 residents); Kaibab (113 residents, $36,500 income); Theba (115 residents, $49,732 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pollard, AL (111 residents); Ratcliff, AR (111 residents); North San Juan, CA (111 residents). These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
F
City profile score · Hard Rock, AZ
13/100
3 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.
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.
Poverty rate F
68.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
4.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income N/A
N/A
No ACS median household income on file for this place.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Hard Rock profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 68.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.9%
How does Hard Rock compare to other US cities?
Hard Rock measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Home value22% pricier than other cities
Median rent64% 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 Hard Rock 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 Hard Rock near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hard Rock ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hard Rock only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Median Home Value
#217 of 327
34th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#8 of 393
98th percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#319 of 394
19th 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.
How Hard Rock's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$134,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 78% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
Income distribution context
Median household income is not available for Hard Rock in the current Census ACS release (common for very small places).
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)68.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)6.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
111
Median Income
N/A
Median Home Value
$134,400
Median Age
26.4
Poverty Rate
68.8%
Labor force participation
6.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.9%
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 Hard Rock. 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 Hard Rock 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 Hard Rock sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hard Rock 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.