Cost of Living in Yuma
Yuma runs genuinely affordable by Arizona standards -- median home prices in the high-$200Ks to low-$300Ks and some of the lowest apartment rents found across this dataset's newer Arizona markets -- offset partly by a combined sales tax cited between 7.4% and 8.412% depending on source, one of the higher rates in the state.
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Learn moreHousing is genuinely the affordability story here
Yuma's city-specific median sale price is cited at $280,000 (Resideline, trailing 6 months of 874 closed sales), well below Phoenix and Tucson metro medians. A separate Yuma COUNTY-wide figure from Redfin cites $329,000 (3 months ending ~May 2026, up 6.8% year-over-year) -- a real, disclosed spread reflecting different geography, not a single contradicted number.
Rent runs low relative to national and even Arizona averages
RentCafe cites 2026 averages of $970/month for a studio, $1,000/month for a one-bedroom, and $1,300/month for a two-bedroom apartment, with rental single-family homes averaging $1,836/month -- genuinely affordable figures not independently cross-checked against a second rent tracker this pass.
Arizona's low income tax is a real offset, but Yuma's own sales tax runs comparatively high
Arizona's flat 2.5% state income tax (see taxes) is a real cost advantage, but Yuma's own combined sales tax is cited at 7.4%-8.412% depending on source -- among the higher rates in this dataset's new Arizona markets, meaningfully higher than the ~7.4% average cited for Georgia or North Carolina elsewhere in this dataset.
Median household income runs below state and national levels
Yuma's median household income is cited at $65,482, below both the Arizona and US medians -- a real reflection of the area's large share of seasonal agricultural labor, worth weighing alongside the area's genuinely low housing costs rather than in isolation.
Key takeaways
- Yuma's median home sale price is cited at $280,000 (city-specific, Resideline) to $329,000 (Yuma County-wide, Redfin) -- a real, disclosed geographic spread rather than one settled figure, but genuinely affordable either way relative to Phoenix/Tucson.
- Average rent runs low: $970/mo studio, $1,000/mo one-bedroom, $1,300/mo two-bedroom (RentCafe, 2026), $1,836/mo for rental houses.
- Yuma's combined sales tax is cited between 7.4% and 8.412% depending on source -- disclose both rather than pick one; on the higher end among this dataset's Arizona markets.
- Median household income ($65,482) runs below state and national averages, reflecting the area's large seasonal agricultural workforce.
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