Payson vs Pine

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

Payson and Pine 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 1,899 in Pine). Payson has the higher median household income ($65,175 vs $61,964 in Pine). Pine has the higher median home value ($416,800 vs $343,200 in Payson).

Population, income & housing

	Payson	Pine
Population	16,494	1,899
Median age	58.9 yrs	65.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,175	$61,964
Median home value	$343,200	$416,800
Median gross rent	$1,355	—
Housing units	9,824	2,529
Homeownership rate	77.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Payson	Pine
Population	15,545 → 16,494 (+6.1%)	1,817 → 1,899 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$51,280 → $65,175 (+27.1%)	$54,836 → $61,964 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$236,300 → $343,200 (+45.2%)	$314,300 → $416,800 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,355 (+40.3%)	$887 → $1,179 (+32.9%)

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

Pine

Population

1,8171,899

Median household income

$54,836$61,964

Median home value

$314,300$416,800

Median gross rent

$887$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Payson	Pine
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	9.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	6.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	5.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	21.4%	35.1%
75 and over	16.4%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Payson	Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Payson	Pine
No high school diploma	7.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	25.8%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Payson	Pine
Drove alone	71.5%	48.4%
Carpooled	17.5%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	36.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Payson	Pine
1-unit, detached	75.2%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Payson	Pine
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.06	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1992	1984