Mayer is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 1,558 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mayer is the 133rd largest community in Arizona.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mayer is worth considering.
One downside of living in Mayer is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mayer, the average commute to work is 36.44 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Mayer doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Mayer is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.49% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mayer in 2022 was $34,018, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,072 for a family of four. However, Mayer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mayer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mayer residents report their race to be White. Mayer also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.20% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mayer include Irish, German, Italian, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Mayer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.