Chambers, AZ · standard
ZIP Code 86502
Apache County, Arizona - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 1,464
- 1/sq mi
- $20,500
- Median income
- $50,000
- Median home value
- 4.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Chambers pairs one of the lowest household incomes in the country with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Lowest
- household income, US ZIPs
- 1st pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 91%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 86502 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 86502 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Chambers, Apache County, Arizona, home to just 1,464 residents across 1830.0 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Denver time zone.
ZIP 86502 sits on the lower end of the income spectrum: median household income is $20,500 (72% below the average Arizona ZIP), while per-capita income is $15,596. The poverty rate is 34.7%, so the area-level income figures should not be treated as typical household experience. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $50,000 (85% below the average Arizona ZIP), and median rent is $930; owner occupancy is 91.2%.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 4.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 48.3, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Arizona and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 86502.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 86502, Chambers, AZ · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
1,464
Population
1830.0
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Denver
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 86502?
48.3
Median Age
55.4%
Male
44.6%
Female
0.0%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$20,500
Median Household Income
-72% vs state ZIP avg
$15,596
Per Capita Income
34.7%
Poverty Rate
8.3%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
476housing units
476
Total Housing Units
342
Occupied Units
134
Vacant Units
2.41
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$50,000
Median Home Value
-85% vs state ZIP avg
$930
Median Rent
1984
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 86502, both outside AZ so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar population
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by resident population (1,464 here; floor ≥1,000).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.