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Pima, AZ

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

2,910
Residents
$97,238
Median income
$261,700
Median home
$1,419
Median rent (state)
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Sheet AZ-PIMA-AZ · Pima, AZ 2,910 pop · income 76th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-HIGH · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-MID · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 2,910
  • INC-HIGH $97,238
  • COL-PAR 100.7
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-UPPER 76th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Burlington
  • HOME-MID $261,700
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: South Burlington, VT ( $9 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 Pima

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pima 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 Pima 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: 2,910.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $97,238. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Pima - the verdict

Pima ranks in the 76th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.

76th
percentile, household income
58th
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: Pima, AZ

2,910 people live in Pima, Arizona - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $97,238 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.7%. Pima's housing stock carries a median value of $261,700, and the median resident age is 35.0 years. 17.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 62.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 34 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Growing), up 6% from five years earlier.

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. Workers in Pima report an average commute of 24.6 minutes, with 74.7% driving alone and 4.2% working from home. 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 Pima'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 to housing and income to population change to schools and households to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

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

1. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Pima?

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 Desert Hills (2,910 residents, $68,523 income); Swift Trail Junction (2,889 residents, $58,105 income); Whetstone (2,840 residents, $51,050 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Arkwright, SC (2,910 residents); Cedar Grove, FL (2,911 residents); Lake City, GA (2,911 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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2. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Pima?

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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.

The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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Question 3

Is Pima growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +329 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +11.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 34 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.

Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.

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4. Schools and households

What does the education layer cover for Pima?

The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.

The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 17.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.

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Other supported questions

Why these stay compact

These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.

Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Pima?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 24.6 minutes.

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.

Drive alone
74.7%
Work from home
4.2%
Public transit
0.0%

City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,424 workers age 16+.

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Population

2,910 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$97,238 /yr

High income · poverty 3.7% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

100.7 (US=100)

Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average

City profile score · Pima, AZ

57/100

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 B+
$97,238

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

Poverty rate B
3.7%

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.

Bachelor's+ share F
17.9%

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

Violent crime N/A
N/A

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

Pima profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Household income, Poverty rate, Cost of living, Bachelor's+ share. Household incomePoverty rateCost of livingBachelor's+ share 57 C
Pima profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Household income: 76/100 (B+) · $97,238
  • Poverty rate: 74/100 (B) · 3.7%
  • Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
  • Bachelor's+ share: 28/100 (F) · 17.9%

How does Pima compare to other US cities?

Here's how Pima stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 76% higher than other cities
Home value 58% 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 Pima 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 Pima near the bottom of Arizona's cities

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

Median Household Income
#38 of 333
89th percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Median Home Value
#111 of 327
66th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#278 of 393
29th percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#171 of 394
56th 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.

76thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

76th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Pima's home value compares nationally

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

$261,700 42nd percentile more affordable than 42% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $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. Pima $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

Pima's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,990 of 15,516
More affordable than 68% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,385 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 2.7×, Pima sits in the affordable band: national rank #4,990 of 15,516 and #4,385 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.

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

$97,238 Pima, AZ median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Pima, AZ Pima, AZ's median household income ($97,238) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Pima, AZ-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Pima, AZ median $97,238/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%
Pima, 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 Pima, AZ.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 17.9%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 3.7%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 62.0%

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

Population
2,910
Median Income
$97,238
Median Home Value
$261,700
Median Age
35.0
Poverty Rate
3.7%
Labor force participation
62.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.9%

Schools

Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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2,800 residents2,900 residents3,000 residents3,100 residents3,200 residents3,300 residents 202020212022202320242025 2,852 residents 3,181 residents ▲ +11.5%
Pima's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 2,852 residents
2021 2,904 residents
2022 2,982 residents
2023 3,040 residents
2024 3,147 residents
2025 3,181 residents

Housing Supply

BPS source

Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized

🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
34
housing units authorized
Single-Family
30
detached homes
Multifamily
4
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
11.7
permits per 1,000 residents

5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)

Year Total
2019 32
2020 36
2021 32
2022 28
2023 24
2024 34

Permit volume increased 6% from 2019 to 2024.

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
24.6 minutes
Drive Alone
74.7%
Carpool
21.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.2%

Based on 1,424 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 Pima. 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 Pima 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 Pima sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Pima 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
Pima (this city) 2,910 $97,238
Desert Hills 2,910 $68,523
Swift Trail Junction 2,889 $58,105
Whetstone 2,840 $51,050
NCES CCD Census BPS 2024
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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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