State profile · AZ

Largest Cities in Arizona

Name: Arizona Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 394 tracked cities and towns in Arizona, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

394
Cities: 6.8M
Combined city pop.: $62,525
Avg median income: 15.7%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Phoenix is the largest of 394 tracked cities in Arizona, which ranks #42 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Phoenix
largest tracked city (1,624,832 people): #42
national rank, avg median income: 394
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

Arizona's 394 tracked cities include 1 with over 1 million residents; 83% are small towns under 10,000 people.

<10K

327
10K-99K

55
100K-999K

11
1M+

1

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Arizona coverage, with 327 of 394 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Arizona is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Arizona's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Phoenix

1,624,832
Tucson

543,348
Mesa

507,478
Chandler

278,123
Gilbert

271,118
Glendale

250,193
Scottsdale

242,169
Peoria

194,338
Tempe

186,419
Surprise

149,519
San Tan Valley

105,231
Goodyear

102,891

What this shows Phoenix, AZ is the most populous city profiled in Arizona; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 394-row record is available as a CSV.

How Arizona ranks nationally

Avg median income

$62,525

#42 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$236,542

#24 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

15.7%

#47 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

394

#33 of 52 · most tracked cities

Arizona ranks #42 of 52 nationally on average median income and #47 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Arizona's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$236,542 46th percentile more affordable than 46% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. 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

Largest cities in Arizona

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 394 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Phoenix	1,624,832	$77,041	$381,900	10.4%
2	Tucson	543,348	$54,546	$242,200	13.4%
3	Mesa	507,478	$78,779	$364,300	7.4%
4	Chandler	278,123	$103,691	$469,800	5.5%
5	Gilbert	271,118	$121,351	$518,600	3.5%
6	Glendale	250,193	$70,139	$347,000	12.0%
7	Scottsdale	242,169	$107,372	$709,900	4.7%
8	Peoria	194,338	$93,403	$429,400	6.0%
9	Tempe	186,419	$77,643	$421,900	8.0%
10	Surprise	149,519	$93,371	$396,000	5.3%
11	San Tan Valley	105,231	$93,642	$365,900	5.9%
12	Goodyear	102,891	$101,814	$441,900	4.5%
13	Buckeye	99,844	$98,778	$384,100	4.9%
14	Yuma	98,461	$62,546	$209,100	12.2%
15	Avondale	90,644	$81,260	$348,700	8.6%
16	Flagstaff	76,333	$68,041	$503,400	9.5%
17	Casas Adobes	70,770	$81,041	$311,100	3.6%
18	Queen Creek	66,369	$134,719	$576,600	2.3%
19	Maricopa	62,986	$94,208	$338,600	5.1%
20	Lake Havasu City	58,037	$66,264	$411,500	9.6%
21	Casa Grande	57,590	$66,354	$258,200	10.6%
22	Marana	54,487	$108,256	$380,100	4.4%
23	Catalina Foothills	51,756	$113,201	$604,100	2.5%
24	Prescott Valley	48,048	$70,793	$376,300	8.0%
25	Oro Valley	47,595	$105,342	$440,400	3.7%
26	Prescott	46,744	$69,151	$528,500	6.3%
27	Sierra Vista	45,203	$69,783	$239,000	7.8%
28	Bullhead City	42,193	$47,717	$196,900	15.2%
29	Apache Junction	39,746	$58,619	$196,700	8.3%
30	Sun	38,018	$52,111	$259,800	7.1%
31	San Luis	35,998	$57,364	$197,400	22.1%
32	El Mirage	35,823	$74,764	$282,000	11.1%
33	Sahuarita	35,012	$100,719	$341,800	5.7%
34	Kingman	33,850	$60,418	$242,700	8.7%
35	Fortuna Foothills	28,227	$57,583	$175,500	8.3%
36	Drexel Heights	27,636	$75,152	$233,300	12.9%
37	Sun City West	27,003	$63,792	$350,500	4.5%
38	Florence	25,961	$76,259	$322,600	5.7%
39	Fountain Hills	23,768	$104,788	$575,200	5.3%
40	Anthem	22,622	$117,846	$516,200	1.8%
41	Rio Rico	21,798	$63,692	$212,600	16.6%
42	Green Valley	21,581	$58,268	$264,300	4.5%
43	Nogales	19,753	$40,745	$172,800	20.9%
44	New River	18,365	$120,279	$603,700	3.3%
45	Flowing Wells	16,989	$40,769	$51,800	14.7%
46	Eloy	16,671	$54,080	$243,600	17.9%
47	Payson	16,494	$65,175	$343,200	4.3%
48	Douglas	16,118	$39,350	$138,200	26.6%
49	Vail	15,722	$121,385	$367,500	3.7%
50	Fort Mohave	15,716	$65,417	$274,600	10.0%
51	Tanque Verde	15,531	$119,212	$573,000	1.2%
52	Coolidge	15,300	$57,161	$203,100	18.2%
53	Somerton	14,383	$71,825	$206,100	13.1%
54	New Kingman-Butler	14,281	$42,604	$100,500	17.9%
55	Sierra Vista Southeast	14,213	$70,958	$261,500	7.5%
56	Sun Lakes	14,079	$63,545	$425,500	6.6%
57	Valencia West	13,834	$90,758	$276,000	7.9%
58	Chino Valley	13,372	$59,733	$352,100	7.4%
59	Tucson Estates	12,687	$66,813	$190,200	4.1%
60	Verde	12,662	$71,352	$329,300	6.1%
61	Paradise Valley	12,621	$236,250	$2,000,000+	3.5%
62	Saddlebrooke	12,616	$90,888	$471,700	4.8%
63	Gold Canyon	12,488	$85,833	$469,600	3.8%
64	Camp Verde	12,282	$58,383	$286,700	16.5%
65	Show Low	11,913	$63,376	$275,000	6.4%
66	Tucson Mountains	11,428	$132,946	$457,300	4.0%
67	Safford	10,217	$65,727	$191,600	10.6%
68	Sedona	9,770	$67,374	$708,400	8.8%
69	Picture Rocks	9,665	$59,745	$181,200	12.7%
70	Corona de Tucson	9,039	$127,743	$352,500	1.0%
71	Winslow	8,831	$53,114	$143,200	26.0%
72	Arizona	8,681	$54,519	$219,400	6.8%
73	Tuba	8,265	$61,092	$66,700	27.7%
74	Golden Valley	7,999	$43,940	$153,000	16.8%
75	Wickenburg	7,468	$65,253	$449,400	11.8%
76	Page	7,407	$88,452	$252,300	3.8%
77	Tolleson	7,233	$55,015	$287,000	28.6%
78	Globe	7,230	$66,545	$214,800	14.1%
79	Youngtown	6,985	$68,472	$282,900	5.8%
80	Catalina	6,908	$79,092	$267,800	1.0%
81	Litchfield Park	6,871	$124,973	$547,700	3.9%
82	Avra Valley	6,364	$53,085	$156,200	18.7%
83	Snowflake	6,349	$72,753	$248,000	17.9%
84	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)	6,340	$80,197	$654,000	12.9%
85	Williamson	6,112	$89,083	$703,000	1.6%
86	Doney Park	5,947	$111,262	$549,500	2.1%
87	Rincon Valley	5,851	$132,167	$498,900	2.4%
88	Kayenta	5,651	$60,925	$37,900	18.5%
89	Thatcher	5,354	$77,455	$274,400	9.4%
90	Benson	5,331	$48,854	$145,700	8.0%
91	Guadalupe	5,293	$58,507	$233,500	19.4%
92	Citrus Park	5,136	$136,653	$659,700	6.4%
93	Cave Creek	5,033	$102,589	$791,900	10.1%
94	Three Points	5,033	$53,083	$147,900	9.4%
95	Bisbee	4,963	$46,689	$209,600	12.5%
96	Paulden	4,874	$88,945	$344,200	7.8%
97	Holbrook	4,834	$61,979	$138,600	15.4%
98	San Carlos	4,769	$50,814	$67,700	32.5%
99	Clarkdale	4,642	$32,607	$344,800	17.6%
100	Lake Montezuma	4,615	$54,081	$291,900	7.9%

What to do with Arizona's city data

394 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Phoenix is Arizona's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major AZ metro. Phoenix profile
Paradise Valley has the highest median household income of any tracked city in Arizona, a different lens than population size alone. Paradise Valley profile
See how Arizona's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 394 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

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Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Arizona on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 6,782,806.

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Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $62,525. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Arizona?

PlainCities profiles 394 cities and towns in Arizona, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Arizona?

Phoenix is the largest tracked city in Arizona, with a population of 1,624,832.

What is the average household income in Arizona?

Across the 394 tracked cities in Arizona, the average median household income is $62,525. Individual cities vary widely, with Paradise Valley reporting the highest median income at $236,250.

What is the average poverty rate in Arizona?

The average poverty rate across Arizona's tracked cities is 15.7%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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