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SheetAZ-SIX-SHOOTER-CANYON-AZ · Six Shooter Canyon, AZ 966 pop · income 29th 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 Six Shooter Canyon
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Six Shooter Canyon on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Rison · lowest
24,911
Rison · lowest
24,911 median HH income
26.4% of the leader · rank #1
Dillwyn · near
56,143
Dillwyn · near
56,143 median HH income
59.4% of the leader · rank #2
Six Shooter C… · this city
56,146
Six Shooter C… · this city
56,146 median HH income
59.4% of the leader · rank #3
Airport Road… · near
56,146
Airport Road… · near
56,146 median HH income
59.4% of the leader · rank #4
Shiocton · near
56,146
Shiocton · near
56,146 median HH income
59.4% of the leader · rank #5
Iron Belt · near
56,150
Iron Belt · near
56,150 median HH income
59.4% of the leader · rank #6
Mountainaire · highest
94,457
Mountainaire · highest
94,457 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 Six Shooter Canyon 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: 966.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Six Shooter Canyon lands in the 29th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
29th
percentile, household income
47th
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: Six Shooter Canyon, AZ
Arizona's Six Shooter Canyon is a small town, with 966 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $56,146 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.3%. Typical homes in Six Shooter Canyon are valued around $215,800, and the median resident age is 53.7 years. Educational attainment runs 10.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 45.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Arizona tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Arizona at 100.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,419 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $215 across Arizona, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 84.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Six Shooter Canyon'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 to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Six Shooter Canyon, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Six Shooter Canyon?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Six Shooter Canyon?
Within Arizona, the closest population matches are Gila Crossing (965 residents, $53,846 income); Mountainaire (957 residents, $94,457 income); Ehrenberg (946 residents, $53,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Rison, AR (966 residents); Hopland, CA (966 residents); Thomasboro, IL (966 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Six Shooter Canyon?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
F
City profile score · Six Shooter Canyon, AZ
39/100
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.
Poverty rate B+
3.3%
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.
Household income F
$56,146
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
10.4%
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).
Six Shooter Canyon profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 76/100 (B+) · 3.3%
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
Household income: 29/100 (F) · $56,146
Bachelor's+ share: 8/100 (F) · 10.4%
How does Six Shooter Canyon compare to other US cities?
Here's how Six Shooter Canyon stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income29% higher than other cities
Home value47% 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 Six Shooter Canyon 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 Six Shooter Canyon near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Six Shooter Canyon ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Six Shooter Canyon only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#170 of 333
49th percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Median Home Value
#145 of 327
56th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#284 of 393
27th percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#251 of 394
35th 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
29th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Six Shooter Canyon's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$215,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 53% 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
Six Shooter Canyon's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,213 of 15,516
More affordable than 34% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,054 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.8×, Six Shooter Canyon sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,213 of 15,516 and #8,054 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$56,146Six Shooter Canyon, AZ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Six Shooter Canyon, 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 Six Shooter Canyon, AZ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)10.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
966
Median Income
$56,146
Median Home Value
$215,800
Median Age
53.7
Poverty Rate
3.3%
Labor force participation
45.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
10.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.5%
Carpool
3.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
18.7%
Other
2.5%
Based on 363 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 Six Shooter Canyon. 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 Six Shooter Canyon 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 Six Shooter Canyon sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Six Shooter Canyon 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.