Payson, Arizona

Payson population, 2020 to 2024

Payson added 361 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Payson is 46% of it.

Payson covers 19.35 square miles of land, for 866 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Payson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Payson is in

All of Payson's residents live in Gila County, which had 54,073 residents in 2024. Payson holds 31.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Payson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Payson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85541. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Payson is

The Census internal point of Payson is at 34.243800, -111.319000. Phoenix, the capital, is 70.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Scottsdale, AZ (246,170 people), 49.6 miles away.

Daylight in Payson

At 34.24° N, Payson gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Payson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Star Valley, 5.7 miles away, with 2,547 people.