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SheetAZ-MARICOPA-COLONY-AZ · Maricopa Colony, AZ 723 pop · income 5th pct
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 Maricopa Colony
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Maricopa Colony on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Sanders · lowest
31,838
Sanders · lowest
31,838 median HH income
24.7% of the leader · rank #1
Maricopa Colo… · this city
35,833
Maricopa Colo… · this city
35,833 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #2
Turrell · near
35,833
Turrell · near
35,833 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #3
Grand River · near
35,833
Grand River · near
35,833 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #4
Prudenville · near
35,833
Prudenville · near
35,833 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #5
Raleigh · near
35,833
Raleigh · near
35,833 median HH income
27.8% of the leader · rank #6
Healy · highest
128,750
Healy · highest
128,750 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Maricopa Colony 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: 723.
Maricopa Colony ranks in the 5th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
5th
percentile, household income
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: Maricopa Colony, AZ
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 723 residents in Maricopa Colony, a small town within Arizona. Households in Maricopa Colony report a median income of $35,833 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 40.0%. The median resident age is 25.4 years. 13.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 42.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Arizona tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Arizona scores 100.7 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. 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). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 84.5 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Maricopa Colony'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Maricopa Colony, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; 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 Maricopa Colony?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.8%. 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. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Which cities make useful reference points for Maricopa Colony?
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 Sonoita (721 residents, $90,000 income); Salome (731 residents); Seligman (731 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Healy, AK (723 residents); Vernon, FL (723 residents); Congerville, IL (723 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 40.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.7 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
F
City profile score · Maricopa Colony, AZ
12/100
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.
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
13.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$35,833
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
40.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Maricopa Colony profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
Bachelor's+ share: 15/100 (F) · 13.2%
Household income: 1/100 (F) · $35,833
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 40.0%
How does Maricopa Colony compare to other US cities?
Where Maricopa Colony sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income5% higher 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 Maricopa Colony 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 Maricopa Colony near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Maricopa Colony ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Maricopa Colony only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#290 of 333
13th percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#42 of 393
89th percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#215 of 394
45th 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.
Gauge source note
5th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$35,833Maricopa Colony, AZ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Maricopa Colony, 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 Maricopa Colony, AZ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)40.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)42.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
723
Median Income
$35,833
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
25.4
Poverty Rate
40.0%
Labor force participation
42.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
13.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.8%
Carpool
31.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 218 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 Maricopa Colony. 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 Maricopa Colony 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 Maricopa Colony sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Maricopa Colony 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, 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.