Graham County, Arizona

Graham County has a population of 39,232 and has grown 4.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $212,000, about 3.1 times the county's median household income of $67,325.

Home price
$212,000
Income
$67,325
Population
39,232
Unemployment
7.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$212,000county
Median gross rent$935county
Median year homes here were built1987county
Share of homes built before 198038.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile19.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented26.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,651county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,244county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$991county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,669county
Home insurance / yr$2,344(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living110.7(statewide)
Median household income$67,325county
Family health premium / yr$23,132(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$15,625(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.327(statewide)
Poverty rate17.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home4.0%county
Unemployment rate7.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force53.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.1%county
Share of workers employed by government19.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.7%county
Economic output per resident$51,367county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.48%county
Top state income tax2.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.54%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service84 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1959789county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station68 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.0%county
Traffic deaths112.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher14.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher85.0%county
Public schools in the county24county
Public school enrollment6878county
Students per full-time teacher17.3county
Elementary schools12county
Middle schools3county
High schools7county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians41county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year20.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.1%county
Frequent mental distress19.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population39,232county
Land area in square miles4,622county
People per square mile of land8.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store15.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract27.5%county
Population change since 2020+4.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age34.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.5%county
Share of households that are one person24.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.5%county
Second languages19.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls45.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents179county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-6county
Households that moved in722county
Households that moved away637county
Average income of arriving households$58,452county
Average income of departing households$54,055county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes16county
Housing units authorised in the latest year225county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings14.2%county
Violent crime rate422(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature63.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation10.1 incounty
Annual snowfall1.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.70 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F90 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing32 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days212 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 6county
Average first fall frostNov 5county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$170county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh16.4¢county
Household electricity use922 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity36.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas51.0%county
Homes heated by propane6.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.9%county
Homes heated by wood2.5%county
Households with broadband84.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk67.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk79.5county
Landslide risk42.9county
Hail risk32.4county
Earthquake risk47.9county
Tornado risk2.7county
Tropical cyclone risk13.7county
Extreme heat risk95.0county
Winter weather risk73.7county
Strong wind risk15.2county
Wildfire risk94.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Graham County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arizona figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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