Demographics of Show Low city, Arizona

Show Low city, Arizona had 12,471 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +706 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Show Low city, in four figures

12,471
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 12,102 ±29.; +6.0%
Change since July 2020: +706 people.; 45.6 ±4.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $60,368 ±$7,322
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.

Show Low city, Arizona's population grew 6.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Show Low 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

Show Low city, Arizona's population grew 6.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Show Low 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	11,765	100.0	100.0
2021	11,959	101.6	100.2
2022	12,130	103.1	100.7
2023	12,267	104.3	101.6
2024	12,377	105.2	102.5
2025	12,471	106.0	103.1

Population of Show Low city, Arizona on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	11,765	—
2021	11,959	+194
2022	12,130	+171
2023	12,267	+137
2024	12,377	+110
2025	12,471	+94

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 45.6 ±4.7: for men 42.7 ±4.4 and for women 48.3 ±4.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Show Low city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Arizona	United States
Under 5	760 ±250	6.3% ±2.1	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,815 ±381	15.0% ±3.1	16.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,119 ±253	9.2% ±2.1	9.4% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,302 ±367	19.0% ±3.0	26.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,753 ±355	22.7% ±2.9	23.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,353 ±386	27.7% ±3.2	18.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $60,368 ±$7,322, and income per person $35,823 ±$3,806, 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 Show Low city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Arizona	United States
Under $25,000	900 ±246	17.6% ±4.7	13.5% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,110 ±254	21.8% ±4.8	17.1% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,070 ±283	21.0% ±5.4	16.5% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	749 ±175	14.7% ±3.3	13.5% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	516 ±174	10.1% ±3.4	18.4% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	411 ±134	8.1% ±2.6	9.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	344 ±134	6.7% ±2.6	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 Show Low city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Arizona	United States
All ages	1,447 ±522	12.2% ±4.4	12.5% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	132 to 672	6.3% to 28.0%	16.2% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	678 ±263	12.0% ±4.5	11.8% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	367 ±132	9.5% ±3.2	10.7% ±0.2	11.0% ±<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%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Show Low city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Show Low city	Arizona	United States
Housing units	7,766 ±410	3,192,839 ±631	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	65.7% ±1.7	89.5% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	34.3% ±4.4	10.5% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.5% ±3.1	67.4% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	34.5% ±5.3	32.6% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$299,600 ±$31,431	$394,500 ±$1,474	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,110 ±$89	$1,543 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1997 ±3	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 Show Low city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Arizona	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,363 ±474	19.5% ±3.9	31.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	8,872 ±511	73.3% ±4.2	52.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	10 to 110	0.1% to 0.9%	4.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 289	0% to 2.4%	3.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	34 to 252	0.3% to 2.1%	3.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	528 ±231	4.4% ±1.9	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 Show Low city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Arizona	United States
Born in the state	5,802 ±537	47.9% ±4.4	39.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,452 ±505	45.1% ±4.2	46.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	26 to 170	0.2% to 1.4%	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	750 ±235	6.2% ±1.9	13.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	310 ±143	2.6% ±1.2	6.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	440 ±165	3.6% ±1.4	6.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<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%.

Show Low city among the places of Arizona

65th 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 Show Low city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Saddlebrooke CDP	13,085 ±1,065
Paradise Valley town	12,611 ±29
Cottonwood city	12,580 ±26
Camp Verde town	12,521 ±25
Tucson Estates CDP	12,136 ±1,318
Show Low city	12,102 ±29
Verde Village CDP	11,930 ±1,071
Tucson Mountains CDP	11,353 ±1,000
Safford city	10,239 ±30
Sedona city	9,777 ±24
Corona de Tucson CDP	9,566 ±770

Rankings this appears in

No. 9 Places in Arizona by poverty rate
No. 27 Places in Arizona by median age
No. 37 Places in Arizona by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 38 Places in Arizona by foreign-born share
No. 39 Places in Arizona by per capita income
No. 43 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