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SheetAZ-YUMA-AZ · Yuma, AZ 98,461 pop · income 39th pct · 67 tracts
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 Yuma
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Yuma on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Roanoke · lowest
52,671
Roanoke · lowest
52,671 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #1
Pymatuning Ce… · near
62,542
Pymatuning Ce… · near
62,542 median HH income
60.9% of the leader · rank #2
Yuma · this city
62,546
Yuma · this city
62,546 median HH income
60.9% of the leader · rank #3
Dresden · near
62,546
Dresden · near
62,546 median HH income
60.9% of the leader · rank #4
Langlois · near
62,546
Langlois · near
62,546 median HH income
60.9% of the leader · rank #5
Green Bay · near
62,546
Green Bay · near
62,546 median HH income
60.9% of the leader · rank #6
Boca Raton · highest
102,722
Boca Raton · highest
102,722 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Yuma on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 98,461.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Yuma - the verdict
Yuma ranks in the 39th percentile for household income and the 41st percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
39th
percentile, household income
45th
percentile, home value
64th
percentile, median rent
41st
percentile, safety
📝 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: Yuma, AZ
98,461 people live in Yuma, Arizona - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $62,546 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.2%. Yuma's housing stock carries a median value of $209,100, and the median resident age is 32.1 years. Educational attainment runs 20.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 51.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 686 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Rapid Growth), up 28% from five years earlier. Yuma reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1670.8 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 73.2°F with 4.0 inches of precipitation per year.
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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,419 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Arizona's average monthly utility costs around $215 (state average). Workers in Yuma report an average commute of 16.5 minutes, with 76.5% driving alone and 7.2% working from home. 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 Yuma'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 population change to housing and income to reported crime to climate and hazard context to schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Yuma, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Population change
Is Yuma growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +7,901 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +8.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 686 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Yuma?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.2%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Yuma?
Within Arizona, the closest population matches are Buckeye (99,844 residents, $98,778 income); Goodyear (102,891 residents, $101,814 income); San Tan Valley (105,231 residents, $93,642 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Vista, CA (98,646 residents); Roanoke, VA (98,677 residents); New Braunfels, TX (98,700 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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 67 Census tracts to this city.
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.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Yuma?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1670.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 27% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1247.2
Violent rate
423.6
Total reported rate
1670.8
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 73.2°F, with 4.0 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Arizona is 84.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
73.2°F
Annual precipitation
4.0 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
84.5
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 20.5% 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.
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.
Matched public schools
4
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%
Poverty estimate
12.2%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.5 minutes.
Public transit
0.2%
Work from home
7.2%
Drive alone
76.5%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 42,124 workers age 16+.
Below median income · poverty 12.2% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.7 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
F
City profile score · Yuma, AZ
33/100
5 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 F
$62,546
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
20.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
12.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
424 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Yuma profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 38/100 (F) · $62,546
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
Bachelor's+ share: 36/100 (F) · 20.5%
Poverty rate: 31/100 (F) · 12.2%
Violent crime: 21/100 (F) · 424 /100k
Where Yuma sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Yuma's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Yuma highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Yuma, AZ (this city): home $209,100, crime 1,671/100k
Vista, CA : home $674,400, crime 1,180/100k
Roanoke, VA : home $180,500, crime 4,676/100k
New Braunfels, TX : home $315,100, crime 1,440/100k
Boca Raton, FL : home $660,100, crime 1,848/100k
Longmont, CO : home $541,400, crime 3,088/100k
Kenosha, WI : home $210,500, crime 1,152/100k
Buckeye, AZ : home $384,100, crime 938/100k
Goodyear, AZ : home $441,900, crime 1,645/100k
Avondale, AZ : home $348,700, crime 2,611/100k
Flagstaff, AZ : home $503,400, crime 2,695/100k
How does Yuma compare to other US cities?
Here's how Yuma stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income39% higher than other cities
Home value45% pricier than other cities
Median rent64% pricier than other cities
Safety41% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Arizona, Yuma ranks #33 of 61 Arizona cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Yuma 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 Yuma near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Yuma ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Yuma only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#136 of 333
59th percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Median Home Value
#150 of 327
54th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#163 of 393
59th percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#141 of 394
64th 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
39th percentile nationally for median household income · 41st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Yuma's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Yuma's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Yuma's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$209,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 55% 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
Yuma's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,313 of 15,516
More affordable than 46% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#176 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 3.3×, Yuma sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,313 of 15,516 and #176 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
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
$62,546Yuma, AZ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Yuma, 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 Yuma, AZ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)51.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
98,461
Median Income
$62,546
Median Home Value
$209,100
Median Age
32.1
Poverty Rate
12.2%
Labor force participation
51.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1670.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
423.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1247.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
73.2°F
Annual Precipitation
4.0"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Yuma's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
97,326 residents
2021
98,415 residents
2022
99,539 residents
2023
101,103 residents
2024
104,113 residents
2025
105,227 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
686
housing units authorized
Single-Family
532
detached homes
Multifamily
154
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
536
530
6
$91.0M
2020
658
577
81
$117.0M
2021
823
628
195
$132.6M
2022
419
323
96
$71.2M
2023
442
338
104
$69.4M
2024
686
532
154
$125.4M
Permit volume increased 28% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
16.5 minutes
Drive Alone
76.5%
Carpool
12.6%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
7.2%
Other
1.9%
Based on 42,124 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 Yuma. 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 Yuma 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 Yuma sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Yuma 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, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.