Pinal County, Arizona

Pinal County has a population of 469,006 and has grown 26.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $349,000, about 4.3 times the county's median household income of $80,266.

Home price
$349,000
Income
$80,266
Population
469,006
Unemployment
6.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$349,000county
Median gross rent$1,537county
Median year homes here were built2004county
Share of homes built before 198014.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile16.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant12.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented18.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use7.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,839county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,839county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,583county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,452county
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$80,266county
Family health premium / yr$23,132(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$15,625(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.327(statewide)
Poverty rate11.1%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 home16.9%county
Unemployment rate6.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force53.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.2%county
Share of workers employed by government14.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.1%county
Economic output per resident$34,694county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.47%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 time31.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service17 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport978296county
Miles to nearest general aviation field12 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here8county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station26 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.9%county
Traffic deaths42.0county
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 higher22.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.2%county
Public schools in the county114county
Public school enrollment61758county
Students per full-time teacher18.3county
Elementary schools59county
Middle schools12county
High schools28county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution17 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians18county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter16.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.9%county
Frequent mental distress18.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.0%county

Place

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

Population469,006county
Land area in square miles5,367county
People per square mile of land87.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores31county
Convenience stores16county
Share living far from a food store34.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract18.2%county
Population change since 2020+26.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age40.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.5%county
Share of households that are one person21.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States9.1%county
Second languages18.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls40.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents80county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents40county
Households that moved in20,538county
Households that moved away13,796county
Average income of arriving households$70,225county
Average income of departing households$59,649county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes44county
Housing units authorised in the latest year8,048county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings19.1%county
Violent crime rate422(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature71.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation9.2 incounty
Annual snowfall0.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.81 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F151 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing12 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days279 dayscounty
Average last spring frostFeb 24county
Average first fall frostNov 30county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$167county
Electric utilities serving this county8county
Electricity price per kWh14.1¢county
Household electricity use1,123 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity61.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas33.4%county
Homes heated by propane2.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband92.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk96.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk95.7county
Landslide risk50.8county
Hail risk82.3county
Earthquake risk79.8county
Tornado risk37.1county
Tropical cyclone risk18.8county
Extreme heat risk98.9county
Winter weather risk15.6county
Strong wind risk75.3county
Wildfire risk98.0county

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 Pinal 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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