Yuma County, Arizona

Yuma County has a population of 211,741 and has grown 9.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $217,800, about 3.5 times the county's median household income of $62,876.

Home price
$217,800
Income
$62,876
Population
211,741
Unemployment
6.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$217,800county
Median gross rent$993county
Median year homes here were built1995county
Share of homes built before 198025.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile30.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant16.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented29.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use11.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,469county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,382county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,053county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,892county
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$62,876county
Family health premium / yr$23,132(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$15,625(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.327(statewide)
Poverty rate15.6%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 home7.7%county
Unemployment rate6.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force52.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.5%county
Share of workers employed by government21.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.1%county
Economic output per resident$53,620county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.61%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 time21.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service1.0 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport85227county
Miles to nearest general aviation field10 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station5.7 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.5%county
Traffic deaths28.3county
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 higher16.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher77.5%county
Public schools in the county68county
Public school enrollment38714county
Students per full-time teacher21.6county
Elementary schools40county
Middle schools10county
High schools15county
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 institution134 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians43county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter9.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance14.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year24.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year17.4%county
Frequent mental distress17.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.5%county

Place

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

Population211,741county
Land area in square miles5,514county
People per square mile of land38.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores28county
Convenience stores6county
Share living far from a food store19.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract16.7%county
Population change since 2020+9.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age36.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.7%county
Share of households that are one person23.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States25.1%county
Second languages55.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls35.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents73county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents5county
Households that moved in4,943county
Households that moved away4,831county
Average income of arriving households$54,573county
Average income of departing households$54,448county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes12county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,155county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings30.2%county
Violent crime rate422(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature74.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation6.6 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.86 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F187 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing0 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days307 dayscounty
Average last spring frostFeb 4county
Average first fall frostDec 9county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$170county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh16.4¢county
Household electricity use1,034 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity72.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas18.1%county
Homes heated by propane3.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband88.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk91.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk74.8county
Landslide risk45.9county
Hail risk16.8county
Earthquake risk98.4county
Tornado risk14.0county
Tropical cyclone risk22.7county
Extreme heat risk96.7county
Winter weather risk1.1county
Strong wind risk61.2county
Wildfire risk59.2county

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 Yuma 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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