Greenlee County, Arizona
Demographics & Population
Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 · 5-Year Estimates
Household Income
Population Profile
Educational Attainment
Employment Overview
- Income gap: Households earn meaningfully less than the national median, which directly affects retail demand, housing absorption, and tax base.
- Below the state median: Median household income runs $8,800 (11.0%) under the Arizona median, so statewide income averages overstate local household buying power.
- Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 14.8 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.
Economy & Industry
Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW · Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Largest private-sector industry: Construction employs 365 workers (61.6% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $76,049. Every industry figure on this page is private sector; government employs a further 558 and is counted separately.
- Economic scale: Regional GDP of $2.5B (2024).
- Wage stratification: Construction averages $76,049 while Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting averages $25,947, a 2.9x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.
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Housing & Affordability
Census ACS · HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026
Housing Overview
for rent or sale
HUD Fair Market Rents
- Affordable market: Home value to income ratio of 2.2x is well below the ~4.1x national average; supports talent attraction and family settlement narratives.
- Elevated vacancy: 19% of housing units are vacant, above the Arizona rate of 10.5%, and down from 29.7% in 2019.
- Vacancy composition: the largest vacancy category is other vacant at 48.7% of vacant units, with seasonal and recreational use at 19.8%.
- Genuinely available supply: units listed for rent or for sale are 30.8% of the vacant stock, or 5.8% of all housing units against the 19% headline vacancy rate. That is the figure to plan an incoming employer's housing against, and the gap between the two is the redevelopment and conversion opportunity.
- Broadly affordable rents: All 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom sizes shown above sit below what a household on the median renter income of $75,768 can pay without cost burden (~$1,894/mo), and 10.6% of renter households are measured as cost-burdened; a cost-of-living advantage for workforce attraction.
Workforce Pipeline
Labor force readiness, commuting, and workforce composition
Labor Market Overview
Education & Talent Pipeline
Aging Workforce
Workforce by Occupation
- Low participation: 55.7% labor force participation. The labor force itself fell 0.8% between 2019 and 2024, from 4,103 to 4,072.
- Short commutes: 19.1-minute mean commute is a quality-of-life and labor-access advantage worth surfacing for site selectors.
- Talent pipeline: no college, university, or technical school is located in Greenlee County per the IPEDS institutional directory, so any training pipeline serving it runs through institutions outside the county.
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Updated from official federal government data.
American Community Survey figures on this page are 2020-2024 five-year averages rather than single-year counts. A five-year estimate pools 60 months of survey responses, so each value describes the period as a whole.
Frequently Asked Questions
Key economic and demographic figures for Greenlee County, Arizona, from federal data sources.
What is the population of Greenlee County, Arizona?
9,409 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates).
What is the median household income in Greenlee County, Arizona?
$71,164 in nominal dollars (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates). Adjusted for local prices using the BEA all-items regional price parity for Arizona (100.7 against a national average of 100), that is $70,669 at national average prices. BEA publishes regional price parity at state level; there is no county-level figure.
What is the unemployment rate in Greenlee County, Arizona?
2.9% (2025 annual average, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LAUS).
What is the GDP of Greenlee County, Arizona?
$2.5B (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP2).
