Bylas vs Safford

A side-by-side comparison of Bylas and Safford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Safford has the higher population (10,217 vs 1,750 in Bylas). Safford has the higher median household income ($65,727 vs $32,214 in Bylas). Safford has the higher median home value ($191,600 vs $35,700 in Bylas).

Population, income & housing

	Bylas	Safford
Population	1,750	10,217
Median age	29.5 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,214	$65,727
Median home value	$35,700	$191,600
Median gross rent	$312	$976
Housing units	560	4,132
Homeownership rate	83.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bylas	Safford
Population	1,687 → 1,750 (+3.7%)	9,749 → 10,217 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$28,558 → $32,214 (+12.8%)	$50,255 → $65,727 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$30,400 → $35,700 (+17.4%)	$150,700 → $191,600 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$364 → $312 (-14.3%)	$713 → $976 (+36.9%)

Bylas

Population

1,6871,750

Median household income

$28,558$32,214

Median home value

$30,400$35,700

Median gross rent

$364$312

Safford

Population

9,74910,217

Median household income

$50,255$65,727

Median home value

$150,700$191,600

Median gross rent

$713$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bylas	Safford
Under 5	9.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	13.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	7.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.9%
75 and over	5.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bylas	Safford
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	50.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	46.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bylas	Safford
No high school diploma	23.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	45.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bylas	Safford
Drove alone	79.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	15.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bylas	Safford
1-unit, detached	90.4%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Bylas	Safford
Poverty rate	40.4%	13.3%
Average household size	3.39	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	2000	1978