Scores by category

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

Safety32#10,617/15,637
Economy40#9,310/15,631
Housing36#9,537/14,977
Health57#6,713/15,609
Healthcare29#11,109/15,650
Environment67#5,153/15,453
Education50#7,864/15,649
Infrastructure71#4,514/15,650
Community72#4,331/15,651
Leisure & amenities45#8,653/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Prescott, Arizona ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Yavapai 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

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.7 µg/m³
97/100Arizona 6.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyYavapai County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.37%
95/100Arizona 0.48%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Loneliness · low30.3%
94/100Arizona 32.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · low26.3%
90/100Arizona 33.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · high33.2%
90/100Arizona 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationYavapai County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,819 /100k
89/100Arizona 2,070 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYavapai County value

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high39.7 /100k
1/100Arizona 20.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYavapai County value
Home price to income ratio · high8.0×
4/100Arizona 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Firearm deaths · high25.7 /100k
5/100Arizona 18.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYavapai County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.488
10/100Arizona 0.464United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Injury deaths · high128 /100k
10/100Arizona 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYavapai County value
Hot days · high89 days
13/100Arizona 96 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationYavapai County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
42,785 (2015-2019) → 47,400 (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
10.2 /1k (2021) → 7.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−30%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
8.5% (2015-2019) → 14.5% (2020-2024)
+6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateWorsening
13.7% (2015-2019) → 19.5% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.9% (2015-2019) → 91.7% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
6.2× (2015-2019) → 8.0× (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Prescott, Arizona improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved2

Household income+27%$55,734 → $70,874
Broadband+5.8 points85.9% → 91.7%

Declined3

Price / income+1.7×6.2× → 8.0×
Uninsured+6 points8.5% → 14.5%
Inequality+0.0330.455 → 0.488

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Prescott, Arizona between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.8 min2015-2019	19.0 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%2015-2019	39.9%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Broadband subscriptions	85.9%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Improved	36%
Child poverty rate	13.7%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Effective property tax rate	0.49%2015-2019	0.37%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	42%
High school diploma or higher	95.0%2015-2019	95.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Home price to income ratio	6.2×2015-2019	8.0×2020-2024	+1.7×	Declined	6%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4552015-2019	0.4882020-2024	+0.033	Declined	25%
Median household income	$55,7342015-2019	$70,8742020-2024	+27%	Improved	49%
Poverty rate	11.5%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent as share of income	30.8%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	50.9%2015-2019	52.5%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Unemployment rate	5.9%2015-2019	4.5%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.5%2015-2019	14.5%2020-2024	+6 points	Declined	8%

“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 Prescott, Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Prescott, 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, Prescott, Arizona itself moved −3.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

47,400 residents (±40)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+4.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

47,400 residents (±40)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

White83%39,224
Black0.5%†228
Hispanic or Latino10%4,756

Education

37,327 residents (±705)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

No high school diploma4.3%1,598
High school or GED19%7,274
Some college27%9,928

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

22,793 households (±574)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $25k14%3,268
$25k–50k20%4,499
$50k–75k18%4,071
$75k–100k13%3,069
$100k–150k16%3,620
$150k–200k6.6%1,513
$200k or more12%2,753

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+7.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

22,793 households (±574)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

Own68%15,500
Rent32%7,293

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

6,885 households (±530)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $75011%†756
$750–1,00013%891
$1,000–1,50032%2,225

Home values

15,500 homes (±552)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $150k6.2%960
$150k–250k5.1%†788
$250k–400k15%2,274

Age of homes

25,683 homes (±659)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

2010 or later16%4,073
2000–200919%4,993
1980–199932%8,194

Size of homes

25,683 homes (±659)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

Studio3.4%†885
1 bedroom9.3%2,393
2 bedrooms32%8,289

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

17,241 workers (±904)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

Drive alone70%12,134
Carpool7.4%1,271
Public transit0.0%†2
Walk4.3%742
Bike0.7%†112
Work from home14%2,426
Other3.2%†554

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.1 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

14,815 workers (±902)

Prescott, Arizona
Arizona share

Under 15 min47%6,999
15–29 min38%5,644
30–44 min7.0%†1,032

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ

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 Yavapai County, the county holding most of Prescott's residents.

Yavapai County has 6,559 employer establishments, 263 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 1.20× Arizona's), with 68,562 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,673. The Census Bureau also counts 23,599 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,559; 23,599 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 263; US 248 · Arizona 219
Paid employees: 68,562
Average annual pay: $49,673; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	631	25.3	1.22×About typical	4,874	$60,128	1,249
Specialty trade contractors	626	25.1	1.62×More than typical	4,633	$53,957	1,696
Lessors of real estate	487	19.6	1.59×More than typical	963	$48,052	2,786
Restaurants and other eating places	451	18.1	0.99×About typical	7,703	$26,295	97
Real estate agents and brokers	312	12.5	2.57×More than typical	422	$59,434	1,098
Construction of buildings	300	12	1.59×More than typical	1,265	$52,295	886
Full-service restaurants	225	9	1.18×About typical	4,257	$29,235	43
Offices of other health practitioners	220	8.8	1.45×More than typical	768	$49,647	747
Services to buildings and dwellings	214	8.6	1.27×More than typical	1,315	$36,724	1,462
Building equipment contractors	212	8.5	1.41×More than typical	1,335	$60,754	283
Offices of physicians	183	7.3	1.13×About typical	984	$87,598	174
Automotive repair and maintenance	162	6.5	1.29×More than typical	886	$47,240	330

Rank places for an industry Open Yavapai County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 249,100 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

In FY2026, an estimated $47.1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Prescott, Arizona: $993 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $47.1M; +153% vs FY2025
Per resident: $993; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.9%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$42.7M91%
U.S. Coast Guard$2.7M5.7%
Forest Service$1.9M4.1%
Department of the Air Force$213.4K0.5%
Departmental Offices$76.4K0.2%
Federal Acquisition Service$55.3K0.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$27.1K0.1%
Federal Aviation Administration$17.4K0.0%

Top recipients

SERGENTS MECHANICAL SYSTEMS INC$15.2M32%
FEDVET CONSTRUCTION$4.3M9.1%
ATTA ELEVATORS USA, INC$4.1M8.7%
D SQUARE CONSTRUCTION LLC$3.1M6.5%
CHELTON AVIONICS, INC$2.9M6.1%

Spending by fiscal year

21.1MFY2017
19.9MFY2018
18.5MFY2019
19.3MFY2020
29.2MFY2021
24.3MFY2022
12.6MFY2023
28.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$23.1M49%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$4.7M10%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$4.5M9.5%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$3.8M8.1%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$3.2M6.8%
Offices of physicians · 6211

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Prescott, Arizona

PRESCOTT REPLACE STEAM BOILERS$22.9M
SERGENTS MECHANICAL SYSTEMS INC· Yavapai County, AZ· Construction & real property· Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 5, 2026· 36C26226C0255
RENOVATE HISTORIC BLDGS 19, 20, 42$9M
VETCON, LLC· Yavapai County, AZ· Construction & real property· Sep 26, 2022 – Mar 25, 2026· 36C26222C0219
EHRM INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES - TIER 2 - PRESCOTT, AZ (VA-24-00011412)$7.7M
PANACEA CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC· Yavapai County, AZ· Construction & real property· Sep 27, 2024 – Sep 9, 2026· 36C77624C0136
HVAC SYSTEM INSTALLATION AND RENOVATION IN BUILDING 112 LOCATED AT NORTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, PRESCOTT, AZ 86301

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Prescott, Arizona, so they do not add up across cities.

Prescott, Arizona's figures are part of those of Yavapai County, AZ ($76.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 62% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Prescott is mostly in Yavapai County.

See federal money in Yavapai 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.

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

House

Elijah CraneR-AZ-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 2.2%

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.

Yavapai County58100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ66

Other cities and towns in Yavapai 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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