Globe vs Payson

A side-by-side comparison of Globe and Payson: population, income, housing, and more.

Globe and Payson are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Payson has the higher population (16,494 vs 7,230 in Globe). Globe has the higher median household income ($66,545 vs $65,175 in Payson). Payson has the higher median home value ($343,200 vs $214,800 in Globe).

Population, income & housing

	Globe	Payson
Population	7,230	16,494
Median age	46.4 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,545	$65,175
Median home value	$214,800	$343,200
Median gross rent	$909	$1,355
Housing units	3,495	9,824
Homeownership rate	71.4%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Globe	Payson
Population	7,348 → 7,230 (-1.6%)	15,545 → 16,494 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$49,954 → $66,545 (+33.2%)	$51,280 → $65,175 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $214,800 (+70.7%)	$236,300 → $343,200 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $909 (+5.0%)	$966 → $1,355 (+40.3%)

Globe

Population

7,3487,230

Median household income

$49,954$66,545

Median home value

$125,800$214,800

Median gross rent

$866$909

Payson

Population

15,54516,494

Median household income

$51,280$65,175

Median home value

$236,300$343,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Globe	Payson
Under 5	4.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	16.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	21.4%
75 and over	9.2%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Globe	Payson
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	83.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	0.8%
Asian	2.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	46.7%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Globe	Payson
No high school diploma	10.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Globe	Payson
Drove alone	78.8%	71.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	17.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Globe	Payson
1-unit, detached	71.8%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Globe	Payson
Poverty rate	18.3%	8.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1969	1992