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Cost of living in Safford, Arizona

Safford, Arizona has about 10,239 people. Typical rent is $1,048 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $65,647 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #29 in Arizona on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,048 a month.

Safford is a city in Arizona. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $65,647 a year.

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People
10,239
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,048
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$65,647
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$199,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,159
Graham County, AZ

Safford, Arizona has about 10,239 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $199,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Graham County is $1,159 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Safford. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Arizona's prices sit at 100.7 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Arizona taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Safford's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Arizona home paid 15.38¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Safford's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Arizona in the table we use.

Among 171 places we list in Arizona with a rent figure, 96 have higher typical rent than Safford.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.