AreaProfile

85350San Luis, Arizona

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 85350.

45
Area Score
Bottom 3% of 3,833 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity3891st of 4,073 published ZIP areas24
GrowthTop 7% of 3,947 published ZIP areas77
Housing affordabilityTop 10% of 4,553 published ZIP areas98
Climate4071st of 4,621 published ZIP areas59
Physical resilience3887th of 4,554 published ZIP areas20
Access4599th of 4,623 published ZIP areas5
Economic stability3359th of 4,591 published ZIP areas47
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published ZIP profiles: unemployment is 28.0% and the Opportunity signal places 85350 in the bottom 4%.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 308 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 27% on the prior year.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by earthquake, inland flooding and heat wave.

At a glance

Population
19,011
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$74,025
Top 46% nationally
Density
234/sq mi
81.3 sq mi of land
Median age
32.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
San Luis
Arizona
Metro area
Yuma, AZ
Nearest major airport
TRM
112 mi · Jacqueline Cochran Rgnl
Median home value
$237,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 28.0% is lower than 0% of the 4,387 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 4.0% over the past year, to 13,107 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$8,800$74,025Top 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,957$24,918Bottom 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate14.6%Top 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute24.3 minBottom 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher12.5%Bottom 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment13,107Bottom 4%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)1.4%Top 32%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-4.0%Bottom 3%June 2026
Labor force18,199Bottom 14%June 2026
Labor force participation58.2%Bottom 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$55,390Bottom 7%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$44,170Bottom 5%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.7%Top 22%June 2026
Unemployment rate28.0%Top 1%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202474k55k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $74,025 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Yuma, AZ
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse4,420$34,610
Cashiers1,880$31,790
Retail Salespersons1,840$33,840
General and Operations Managers1,800$79,990
Fast Food and Counter Workers1,800$30,580
Registered Nurses1,640$94,320

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for San Luis, AZ, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $890 takes 14% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.2 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
14.4%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$890
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$237,300
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.21Top 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate74.1%Bottom 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3676,631Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$240$890Bottom 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$16,434$237,300Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income14.4%Bottom 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate5.1%Bottom 23%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
77/ 100
Top 7% of 3,947 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 8.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
308
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
8.2
Top 15% nationally
Year over year
+27%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for San Luis, AZ, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 107°F and January a low of 48°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 3.3 inches.

40°60°80°100°120°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station YUMA MCAS, 7.9 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND0.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation3.3"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low48°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high107°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing38°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

20 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, inland flooding and heat wave.

EarthquakeElevated
Heat waveHigh
Inland floodingModerate

Low or minimal exposure: drought, strong wind, volcanic activity, wildfire, landslide, lightning, hurricane, hail, tornado, winter weather.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

No airport meeting the AreaProfile major-airport definition lies within 100 miles; the nearest is 112 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Jacqueline Cochran RgnlTRM112 mi8,500 ft
Palm Springs IntlPSP136 mi10,000 ft
Lake Havasu CityHII140 mi8,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

85350 vs San Luis

How this ZIP area compares with San Luis as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

85350
San Luis
Median household income
$74,025
vs
$59,400
Per capita income
$24,918
vs
$19,712
Population density
234/sq mi
vs
1,104/sq mi
Median home value
$237,300
vs
$224,900
Median gross rent
$890
vs
$741
Homeownership rate
74.1%
vs
68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
12.5%
vs
9.3%
Poverty rate
14.6%
vs
18.1%
Median age
32.0
vs
33.0

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.