Payson is a medium-sized town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 16,653 people and five associated neighborhoods, Payson is the 41st largest community in Arizona.

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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Payson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Payson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Payson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Payson may be for you.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.65 minutes getting to work every day.

Payson is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

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.