Demographics of Prescott city, Arizona

Prescott city, Arizona had 48,420 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +2,288 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Prescott city, in four figures

48,420
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 47,400 ±40.; +5.0%
Change since July 2020: +2,288 people.; 59.7 ±1.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $70,874 ±$4,899
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Prescott city, Arizona's population grew 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Prescott city, Arizona's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Prescott city, Arizona's population grew 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Prescott city, Arizona's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	46,132	100.0	100.0
2021	47,234	102.4	100.2
2022	47,696	103.4	100.7
2023	47,943	103.9	101.6
2024	48,232	104.6	102.5
2025	48,420	105.0	103.1

Population of Prescott city, Arizona on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	46,132	—
2021	47,234	+1,102
2022	47,696	+462
2023	47,943	+247
2024	48,232	+289
2025	48,420	+188

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 59.7 ±1.9: for men 57.0 ±1.9 and for women 62.3 ±1.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Prescott city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Arizona	United States
Under 5	1,460 ±334	3.1% ±0.7	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,217 ±499	8.9% ±1.1	16.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,396 ±474	9.3% ±1.0	9.4% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,888 ±588	14.5% ±1.2	26.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	11,183 ±798	23.6% ±1.7	23.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	19,256 ±950	40.6% ±2.0	18.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $70,874 ±$4,899, and income per person $50,060 ±$3,854, in 2024 dollars. The median is $79,964 ±$407 in Arizona and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Prescott city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Arizona	United States
Under $25,000	3,268 ±463	14.3% ±2.0	13.5% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	4,499 ±535	19.7% ±2.3	17.1% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,071 ±493	17.9% ±2.1	16.5% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,069 ±361	13.5% ±1.5	13.5% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,620 ±380	15.9% ±1.6	18.4% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,513 ±297	6.6% ±1.3	9.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	2,753 ±463	12.1% ±2.0	11.6% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Prescott city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Arizona	United States
All ages	5,326 ±836	11.7% ±1.8	12.5% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,086 ±371	19.5% ±6.2	16.2% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,265 ±412	13.7% ±2.3	11.8% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,975 ±346	8.5% ±1.4	10.7% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Prescott city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Prescott city	Arizona	United States
Housing units	25,683 ±659	3,192,839 ±631	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.7% ±3.2	89.5% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.3% ±1.6	10.5% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	68.0% ±1.7	67.4% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	32.0% ±2.2	32.6% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$564,100 ±$18,495	$394,500 ±$1,474	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,395 ±$74	$1,543 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1992 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Prescott city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Arizona	United States
Hispanic or Latino	4,756 ±786	10.0% ±1.7	31.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	39,224 ±895	82.8% ±1.9	52.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	113 to 343	0.2% to 0.7%	4.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	991 ±250	2.1% ±0.5	3.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	314 ±142	0.7% ±0.3	3.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	7 to 131	< 0.1% to 0.3%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	29 to 147	0.1% to 0.3%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,730 ±364	3.6% ±0.8	4.4% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Prescott city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Arizona	United States
Born in the state	12,606 ±1,050	26.6% ±2.2	39.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	31,943 ±1,046	67.4% ±2.2	46.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	453 ±164	1.0% ±0.3	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,398 ±473	5.1% ±1.0	13.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,708 ±424	3.6% ±0.9	6.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	690 ±215	1.5% ±0.5	6.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Prescott city among the places of Arizona

26th of 94 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Arizona page.

Places of Arizona near Prescott city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Lake Havasu City city	58,359 ±28
Marana town	56,938 ±81
Catalina Foothills CDP	52,593 ±1,988
Prescott Valley town	49,179 ±46
Oro Valley town	48,162 ±63
Prescott city	47,400 ±40
Sierra Vista city	45,155 ±38
Bullhead City city	42,496 ±28
Apache Junction city	41,058 ±348
Sun City CDP	37,486 ±1,537
San Luis city	37,337 ±32

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Prescott city, Arizona

Rankings this appears in

No. 10 Places in Arizona by median age
No. 12 Places in Arizona by median home value
No. 13 Places in Arizona by per capita income
No. 17 Places in Arizona by poverty rate
No. 34 Places in Arizona by median rent
No. 38 Places in Arizona by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026