Safford vs Thatcher

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

Safford and Thatcher 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 5,354 in Thatcher). Thatcher has the higher median household income ($77,455 vs $65,727 in Safford). Thatcher has the higher median home value ($274,400 vs $191,600 in Safford).

Population, income & housing

	Safford	Thatcher
Population	10,217	5,354
Median age	31.3 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,727	$77,455
Median home value	$191,600	$274,400
Median gross rent	$976	$967
Housing units	4,132	1,862
Homeownership rate	73.1%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Safford	Thatcher
Population	9,749 → 10,217 (+4.8%)	5,047 → 5,354 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$50,255 → $65,727 (+30.8%)	$61,106 → $77,455 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $191,600 (+27.1%)	$173,700 → $274,400 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $976 (+36.9%)	$905 → $967 (+6.9%)

Safford

Population

9,74910,217

Median household income

$50,255$65,727

Median home value

$150,700$191,600

Median gross rent

$713$976

Thatcher

Population

5,0475,354

Median household income

$61,106$77,455

Median home value

$173,700$274,400

Median gross rent

$905$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Safford	Thatcher
Under 5	7.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	13.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.0%
75 and over	7.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Safford	Thatcher
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	46.7%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Safford	Thatcher
No high school diploma	12.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	28.9%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Safford	Thatcher
Drove alone	81.3%	73.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	18.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.8%
Other means	2.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Safford	Thatcher
1-unit, detached	81.1%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Safford	Thatcher
Poverty rate	13.3%	12.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1978	1991