Payson is a medium-sized town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 16,731 people and five associated neighborhoods, Payson is the 41st largest community in Arizona.

Payson real estate is some of the most expensive in Arizona, although Payson house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Payson has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Payson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Payson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One of the benefits of Payson is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.65 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Being a small town, Payson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Payson overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Payson, 24.72% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Payson in 2022 was $36,705, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,820 for a family of four. However, Payson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Payson is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Payson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Payson residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Payson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.97% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Payson include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Payson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.