Census-designated place · La Paz County, Arizona

Cienega Springs, Arizona

Cienega Springs is a census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona. It has 1,958 residents. Cienega Springs, Arizona has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,252 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arizona it ranks #171 of 207 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), grocery stores (high) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), premature death (high) and traffic deaths (high).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,252 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arizona: #171 of 207 in AZ
Population: 1,958 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 551.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 0413540

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety16#13,103/15,637
Economy4#14,990/15,631
Housing42#8,673/14,977
Health9#14,268/15,609
Healthcare8#14,343/15,650
Environment61#6,038/15,453
Education4#15,002/15,649
Infrastructure37#9,867/15,650
Community13#13,551/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,280/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cienega Springs, Arizona ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “La Paz County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high101.1 /10k
100/100Arizona 6.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLa Paz County value
Grocery stores · high3.6 /10k
97/100Arizona 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLa Paz County value
Public libraries · high3.0 /10k
96/100Arizona 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLa Paz County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.6 µg/m³
93/100Arizona 6.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLa Paz County value
Comfortable days · high34.2%
93/100Arizona 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLa Paz County value
Restaurants and bars · high12.6 /10k
89/100Arizona 6.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLa Paz County value

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high59.8 /100k
0/100Arizona 20.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLa Paz County value
Premature death · high25,195 /100k
0/100Arizona 9,154 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLa Paz County value
Traffic deaths · high113.7 /100k
0/100Arizona 16.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataLa Paz County value
Firearm deaths · high65.8 /100k
0/100Arizona 18.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLa Paz County value
Drug overdose deaths · high77.8 /100k
1/100Arizona 35.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLa Paz County value
Life expectancy · low67.7 yrs
1/100Arizona 77.3 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLa Paz County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,830 (2015-2019) → 1,958 (2020-2024)
+7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
50.6% (2015-2019) → 35.4% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
20.5% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateImproving
17.4% (2015-2019) → 7.4% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
89.1% (2015-2019) → 82.6% (2020-2024)
−6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,484 (2015-2019) → $46,575 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cienega Springs, Arizona improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Uninsured−10 points20.5% → 10.1%

Declined1

Inequality+0.0870.403 → 0.490

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Cienega Springs, Arizona between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.4 min2015-2019	14.1 min2020-2024	−2.3 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%2015-2019	13.6%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	82.8%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Child poverty rate	50.6%2015-2019	35.4%2020-2024	−15 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Effective property tax rate	0.57%2015-2019	0.54%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	20%
High school diploma or higher	89.1%2015-2019	82.6%2020-2024	−6.5 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4032015-2019	0.4902020-2024	+0.087	Declined	6%
Median household income	$36,4842015-2019	$46,5752020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	50%
Poverty rate	21.8%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	50.5%2015-2019	45.5%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.5%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	97%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Cienega Springs, Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cienega Springs, Arizona in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cienega Springs, Arizona itself moved −13 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,958 residents (±317)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,087 households (±172)

Cienega Springs, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $25k25%†274
$25k–50k33%†357
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,087 households (±172)

Cienega Springs, Arizona
Arizona share

Own65%705
Rent35%†382

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−11.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

556 workers (±215)

Cienega Springs, Arizona
Arizona share

Drive alone89%†497
Carpool2.9%†16
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of La Paz County, the county holding most of Cienega Springs's residents.

La Paz County has 352 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Arizona's), with 4,056 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,152. The Census Bureau also counts 946 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 352; 946 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · Arizona 219
Paid employees: 4,056
Average annual pay: $39,152; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of La Paz County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	39	23.5	1.28×More than typical	497	$21,266	14
Gasoline stations	27	16.3	5.01×More than typical	557	$35,761	—
Lessors of real estate	24	14.4	1.17×About typical	105	$24,019	94
Ambulatory health care services	20	12	0.58×Fewer than typical	129	$64,240	26
Full-service restaurants	18	10.8	1.41×More than typical	213	$19,423	9
Limited-service restaurants	18	10.8	1.35×More than typical	261	$23,617	3
Traveler accommodation	14	8.4	4.67×More than typical	626	$37,278	7
RV parks and recreational camps	13	7.8	33.0×More than typical	135	$29,326	4
Specialty trade contractors	13	7.8	0.51×Fewer than typical	40	$33,100	72
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	9	5.4	3.10×Too few to compare	60	$30,933	6
General merchandise stores	9	5.4	3.06×Too few to compare	251	$29,637	7
Grocery and convenience stores	9	5.4	1.83×Too few to compare	215	$24,651	4

Rank places for an industry Open La Paz County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,615 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Cienega Springs is mostly in La Paz County.

See federal money in La Paz County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cienega Springs, Arizona is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Paul A. GosarR-AZ-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 6.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

La Paz County13100% of residents

Other cities and towns in La Paz County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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