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SheetAZ-SO-HI-AZ · So-Hi, AZ 513 pop · income 22nd 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 So-Hi
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest So-Hi on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Nazlini · lowest
30,417
Nazlini · lowest
30,417 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #1
Keystone · near
51,369
Keystone · near
51,369 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #2
South Pasadena · near
51,369
South Pasadena · near
51,369 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #3
So-Hi · this city
51,371
So-Hi · this city
51,371 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #4
Lineville · near
51,375
Lineville · near
51,375 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #5
Rogersville · near
51,375
Rogersville · near
51,375 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #6
J-Six Ranchet… · highest
98,241
J-Six Ranchet… · highest
98,241 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 So-Hi 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: 513.
So-Hi ranks in the 22nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
22nd
percentile, household income
20th
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: So-Hi, AZ
513 people live in So-Hi, Arizona - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. So-Hi households earn a median of $51,371 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 13.8%. Typical homes in So-Hi are valued around $127,900, and the median resident age is 55.0 years. Educational attainment runs 5.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 25.3% 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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,419 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Arizona run around $215, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in So-Hi report an average commute of 19.8 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% 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 So-Hi'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For So-Hi, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count; 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 So-Hi?
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 100.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.8 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in So-Hi?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 13.8%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Which cities make useful reference points for So-Hi?
Within Arizona, the closest population matches are Cactus Forest (509 residents, $68,854 income); Round Valley (503 residents); Nazlini (502 residents, $30,417 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bradford, AR (513 residents); Gould, AR (513 residents); Lenzburg, IL (513 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.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
F
City profile score · So-Hi, AZ
22/100
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.
Poverty rate F
13.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$51,371
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
5.4%
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).
So-Hi profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
Poverty rate: 25/100 (F) · 13.8%
Household income: 22/100 (F) · $51,371
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 5.4%
How does So-Hi compare to other US cities?
Here's how So-Hi stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income22% higher than other cities
Home value20% 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 So-Hi 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 So-Hi near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, So-Hi ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares So-Hi only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#202 of 333
39th percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Median Home Value
#221 of 327
32nd percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#151 of 393
62nd percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#313 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
22nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How So-Hi's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$127,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 80% 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
So-Hi's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,949 of 15,516
More affordable than 75% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,559 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.5×, So-Hi sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,949 of 15,516 and #3,559 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
$51,371So-Hi, AZ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context So-Hi, 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 So-Hi, AZ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)5.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)25.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
513
Median Income
$51,371
Median Home Value
$127,900
Median Age
55.0
Poverty Rate
13.8%
Labor force participation
25.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
5.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.8 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 70 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 So-Hi. 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 So-Hi 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 So-Hi sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How So-Hi 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.