Safford vs Swift Trail Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Safford and Swift Trail Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

Safford and Swift Trail Junction 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 2,889 in Swift Trail Junction). Safford has the higher median household income ($65,727 vs $58,105 in Swift Trail Junction). Safford has the higher median home value ($191,600 vs $184,000 in Swift Trail Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Safford	Swift Trail Junction
Population	10,217	2,889
Median age	31.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,727	$58,105
Median home value	$191,600	$184,000
Median gross rent	$976	$873
Housing units	4,132	840
Homeownership rate	73.1%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Safford	Swift Trail Junction
Population	9,749 → 10,217 (+4.8%)	2,915 → 2,889 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$50,255 → $65,727 (+30.8%)	$54,632 → $58,105 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $191,600 (+27.1%)	$96,300 → $184,000 (+91.1%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $976 (+36.9%)	$902 → $873 (-3.2%)

Safford

Population

9,74910,217

Median household income

$50,255$65,727

Median home value

$150,700$191,600

Median gross rent

$713$976

Swift Trail Junction

Population

2,9152,889

Median household income

$54,632$58,105

Median home value

$96,300$184,000

Median gross rent

$902$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Safford	Swift Trail Junction
Under 5	7.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	20.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.0%
75 and over	7.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Safford	Swift Trail Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	51.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	46.7%	38.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Safford	Swift Trail Junction
No high school diploma	12.3%	27.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Safford	Swift Trail Junction
Drove alone	81.3%	72.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	26.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Safford	Swift Trail Junction
1-unit, detached	81.1%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Safford	Swift Trail Junction
Poverty rate	13.3%	18.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1978	2000