Yavapai County, Arizona

Yavapai County has a population of 245,480 and has grown 6.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $425,200, about 6.1 times the county's median household income of $69,613.

Home price
$425,200
Income
$69,613
Population
245,480
Unemployment
4.3%

Housing

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

Median home price$425,200county
Median gross rent$1,351county
Median year homes here were built1995county
Share of homes built before 198022.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile17.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant11.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use7.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,891county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,637county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,309county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,277county
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$69,613county
Family health premium / yr$23,132(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$15,625(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.327(statewide)
Poverty rate12.0%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 home14.4%county
Unemployment rate4.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force48.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed10.8%county
Share of workers employed by government13.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.1%county
Economic output per resident$49,443county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.41%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 time23.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service8.5 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport25316county
Miles to nearest general aviation field15 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station53 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.8%county
Traffic deaths71.3county
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 higher30.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.7%county
Public schools in the county78county
Public school enrollment23470county
Students per full-time teacher17.3county
Elementary schools44county
Middle schools6county
High schools19county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution10 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians55county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county4county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter5.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.6%county
Frequent mental distress15.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.8%county

Place

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

Population245,480county
Land area in square miles8,123county
People per square mile of land30.2county
Supermarkets and grocery stores26county
Convenience stores10county
Share living far from a food store29.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract17.3%county
Population change since 2020+6.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-8county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age55.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1815.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over34.1%county
Share of households that are one person30.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.4%county
Second languages10.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls41.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents113county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents13county
Households that moved in8,425county
Households that moved away6,756county
Average income of arriving households$89,432county
Average income of departing households$68,753county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes14county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,718county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings21.6%county
Violent crime rate422(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature61.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation15.9 incounty
Annual snowfall6.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.55 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F84 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing48 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days213 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 9county
Average first fall frostNov 8county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$140county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.8¢county
Household electricity use1,010 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity31.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas49.2%county
Homes heated by propane13.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood3.2%county
Households with broadband91.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk96.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk29.4county
Landslide risk70.0county
Hail risk89.8county
Earthquake risk85.3county
Tornado risk32.7county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk85.0county
Winter weather risk94.3county
Strong wind risk41.5county
Wildfire risk99.6county

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 Yavapai 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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