Prescott Valley, AZ
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Prescott Valley ranks 192nd for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 161st for income. A household earns $74,788 a year while median rent runs $1,542/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 2% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is health (119th of 300), while home prices is the soft spot (244th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 216th and home prices 244th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Prescott Valley, your take-home is worth about $60,876 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 161st of 300↑39%$74,788
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 197th of 30098 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $76,116
- Per-capita income
- $43,216
- Full-time pay
- $41,422
Housing
- Median rent
- 216th of 300↑53.4%$1,542/mo
- Home value
- 244th of 300↑56%$450,000
- Property tax
- $1,664/yr · 0.4%
- Sales tax
- 8.41%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 164th of 3004.6%
- Bachelor's+
- 167th of 30032.1%
- Avg commute
- 149th of 30024.1 min
People
- Population
- 252,013
- Population change
- +7.2%
- Median age
- 55.3 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 6.2%
- Broadband
- 94.2%
Environment & risk
- Natural-hazard loss
- 236th of 300$18/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 119th of 30017.6%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 11.8%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
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Watch-outs
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — prescott love fld.
What jobs pay in Prescott Valley
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $161,680
- Pharmacists
- $152,560
- IT managers
- $132,350
- Lawyers
- $128,020
- Software developers
- $125,590
- Registered nurses
- $104,980
- Financial managers
- $99,740
- Civil engineers
- $94,800
- General & operations managers
- $78,400
- Accountants & auditors
- $77,770
- Police officers
- $74,030
- Electricians
- $60,380
- Plumbers
- $58,670
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $58,210
- Carpenters
- $56,570
- Secondary school teachers
- $48,590
- Elementary school teachers
- $47,400
- Construction laborers
- $46,110
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $44,750
- Customer service reps
- $39,280
- Janitors
- $37,320
- Waiters & waitresses
- $36,670
- Retail salespersons
- $35,290
- Cashiers
- $34,350
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Prescott Valley metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Arizona are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- California3,473
- Washington799
- Texas658
- Nevada623
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Prescott Valley metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Prescott Valley metro?
- Median gross rent across the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area is $1,542 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Prescott Valley.
- What is the median household income in the Prescott Valley metro?
- A typical household in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area earns $74,788 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Prescott Valley expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area runs about 2% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Prescott Valley metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $76,116 (versus its face value of $74,788). CityLedger rates the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Prescott Valley metro?
- The median home value across the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area is $450,000 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Prescott Valley metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area is 4.6% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).