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SheetAZ-YUMA-PROVING-GROUND-AZ · Yuma Proving Ground, AZ 288 pop · income 51st 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 Yuma Proving Ground
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Yuma Proving Ground on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Castleberry · lowest
21,111
Castleberry · lowest
21,111 median HH income
22.9% of the leader · rank #1
Yuma Proving… · this city
71,268
Yuma Proving… · this city
71,268 median HH income
77.5% of the leader · rank #2
Groveland · near
71,268
Groveland · near
71,268 median HH income
77.5% of the leader · rank #3
Schleswig · near
71,271
Schleswig · near
71,271 median HH income
77.5% of the leader · rank #4
Baxter · near
71,272
Baxter · near
71,272 median HH income
77.5% of the leader · rank #5
Lawrence Park · near
71,281
Lawrence Park · near
71,281 median HH income
77.5% of the leader · rank #6
Point Lay · highest
92,000
Point Lay · highest
92,000 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 Yuma Proving Ground 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: 288.
Nationally, Yuma Proving Ground sits in the 51st percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
51st
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: Yuma Proving Ground, AZ
288 people live in Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Yuma Proving Ground households earn a median of $71,268 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 25.3 years. About 80.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 51.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA puts Yuma Proving Ground's yearly average temperature at 74.8°F with 3.5 inches of precipitation per year.
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. The average commute for Yuma Proving Ground workers runs 5.0 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 Yuma Proving Ground'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 climate and hazard context to 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 Yuma Proving Ground, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What physical conditions frame life in Yuma Proving Ground?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 74.8°F, with 3.5 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Yuma Proving Ground?
Within Arizona, the closest population matches are Carrizo (283 residents, $31,563 income); East Globe (296 residents, $67,031 income); Sacate (279 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Castleberry, AL (288 residents); Point Lay, AK (288 residents); Gold Hill, CO (288 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 Yuma Proving Ground?
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 5.0 minutes.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.7 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
B-
City profile score · Yuma Proving Ground, AZ
69/100
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 A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
80.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C-
$71,268
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Yuma Proving Ground profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 80.7%
Household income: 51/100 (C-) · $71,268
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
How does Yuma Proving Ground compare to other US cities?
Where Yuma Proving Ground sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income51% 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 Yuma Proving Ground 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 Proving Ground near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Yuma Proving Ground ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Yuma Proving Ground only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#94 of 333
72nd percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#310 of 393
0th percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1 of 394
100th 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
51st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$71,268Yuma Proving Ground, AZ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Yuma Proving Ground, 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 Proving Ground, AZ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)80.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
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
288
Median Income
$71,268
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
25.3
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
51.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
80.7%
Climate
Avg Temperature
74.8°F
Annual Precipitation
3.5"
Annual Snowfall
0.0"
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
5.0 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 131 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 Proving Ground. 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 Proving Ground 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 Proving Ground sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Yuma Proving Ground 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.