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SheetAZ-SACATON-FLATS-AZ · Sacaton Flats, AZ 450 pop · income 59th 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 Sacaton Flats
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Sacaton Flats on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Burnside · lowest
28,625
Burnside · lowest
28,625 median HH income
25.3% of the leader · rank #1
Mars Hill · near
77,826
Mars Hill · near
77,826 median HH income
68.9% of the leader · rank #2
Chapel Hill · near
77,826
Chapel Hill · near
77,826 median HH income
68.9% of the leader · rank #3
Sacaton Flats · this city
77,833
Sacaton Flats · this city
77,833 median HH income
68.9% of the leader · rank #4
Livonia Center · near
77,833
Livonia Center · near
77,833 median HH income
68.9% of the leader · rank #5
Douglas · near
77,841
Douglas · near
77,841 median HH income
68.9% of the leader · rank #6
St. Paul · highest
113,000
St. Paul · highest
113,000 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 Sacaton Flats 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: 450.
Sacaton Flats ranks in the 59th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
59th
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: Sacaton Flats, AZ
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 450 residents in Sacaton Flats, a small town within Arizona. Median household income here is $77,833 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 28.9%. The median resident age is 26.4 years. 5.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 63.7% 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). 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 Sacaton Flats'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 work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Sacaton Flats, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Sacaton Flats?
Within Arizona, the closest population matches are Rough Rock (452 residents, $36,750 income); Burnside (445 residents, $28,625 income); Cedar Creek (457 residents, $60,962 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Crescent City, IL (450 residents); Huntsville, OH (450 residents); St. Paul, OR (450 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.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in Sacaton Flats?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 28.9% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.7 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
F
City profile score · Sacaton Flats, AZ
27/100
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 C
$77,833
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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
28.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
5.5%
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).
Sacaton Flats profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 57/100 (C) · $77,833
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
Poverty rate: 1/100 (F) · 28.9%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 5.5%
How does Sacaton Flats compare to other US cities?
Here's how Sacaton Flats stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income59% 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 Sacaton Flats 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 Sacaton Flats near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Sacaton Flats ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Sacaton Flats only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#72 of 333
78th percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#75 of 393
81st percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#310 of 394
21st 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
59th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$77,833Sacaton Flats, AZ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Sacaton Flats, 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 Sacaton Flats, AZ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)5.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)28.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
450
Median Income
$77,833
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
26.4
Poverty Rate
28.9%
Labor force participation
63.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
5.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
92.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
7.4%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 242 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 Sacaton Flats. 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 Sacaton Flats 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 Sacaton Flats sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Sacaton Flats 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.