Census-designated place · Yavapai County, Arizona

Williamson, Arizona

Williamson is a census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, part of the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area. It has 6,310 residents. Williamson, Arizona has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,983 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arizona it ranks #34 of 207 cities and towns. It ranks best on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low), physical inactivity (low) and loneliness (low). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), home price to income ratio (high) and firearm deaths (high).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,983 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arizona: #34 of 207 in AZ
Population: 6,310 (2020-2024)
Land area: 58 mi²
Density: 108.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 0483388

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety32#10,617/15,637
Economy69#4,880/15,631
Housing23#11,592/14,977
Health65#5,391/15,609
Healthcare29#11,150/15,650
Environment67#5,153/15,453
Education41#9,310/15,649
Infrastructure53#7,401/15,650
Community73#4,227/15,651
Leisure & amenities45#8,653/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Williamson, 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
Physical inactivity · low14.6%
96/100Arizona 24.7%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Loneliness · low29.4%
96/100Arizona 32.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · low24.4%
95/100Arizona 33.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
91/100Arizona 0.48%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Food insecurity · low8.3%
91/100Arizona 16.8%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

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 · high8.2×
3/100Arizona 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
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
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
14/100Arizona 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsYavapai County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
5,347 (2015-2019) → 6,310 (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
33.0% (2015-2019) → 81.4% (2020-2024)
+48 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
26.4% (2015-2019) → 42.4% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
37.0% (2015-2019) → 48.8% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
6.0× (2015-2019) → 8.2× (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$73,036 (2015-2019) → $89,398 (2020-2024)
+22%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, Williamson, Arizona improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 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.

Improved2

Bachelor's++12 points37.0% → 48.8%
Household income+22%$73,036 → $89,398

Declined2

Price / income+2.2×6.0× → 8.2×
Rent / income+16 points26.4% → 42.4%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Williamson, Arizona between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.6 min2015-2019	27.9 min2020-2024	+2.3 min	Within the margin of error	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%2015-2019	48.8%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	93%
Broadband subscriptions	90.8%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.45%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	50%
High school diploma or higher	93.9%2015-2019	97.0%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	6.0×2015-2019	8.2×2020-2024	+2.2×	Declined	3%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3992015-2019	0.4192020-2024	+0.021	Within the margin of error	33%
Median household income	$73,0362015-2019	$89,3982020-2024	+22%	Improved	38%
Poverty rate	4.5%2015-2019	5.7%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.4%2015-2019	42.4%2020-2024	+16 points	Declined	4%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.8%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%

“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 Williamson, Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Williamson, 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, Williamson, Arizona itself moved −10.2 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

6,310 residents (±810)

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

3,006 households (±359)

Williamson, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $25k12%†360
$25k–50k10%†311
$50k–75k16%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,006 households (±359)

Williamson, Arizona
Arizona share

Own92%2,768
Rent7.9%†238

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

† 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

1,750 workers (±315)

Williamson, Arizona
Arizona share

Drive alone56%986
Carpool3.9%†68
Public transit0.0%0

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 Williamson'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 $8,213 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Williamson, Arizona: $1.30 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $8,213; −81% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.30; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 40%; 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

Forest Service$13.4K100%
Department of Veterans Affairs$6678.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

7.3KFY2017
5.5KFY2018
45.2KFY2019
34.3KFY2020
16.5KFY2021
321.2KFY2022
506.6KFY2023
94.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$8,454100%
Other crop farming · 1119$7879.6%
Offices of other health practitioners · 6213$6678.1%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$2583.1%

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 Williamson, Arizona, so they do not add up across cities.

Williamson, Arizona's figures are part of those of Yavapai County, AZ ($76.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Williamson 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.

Williamson, 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
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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