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Bagdad, Arizona.

A community in Yavapai County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Yavapai County’s.

Living in Bagdad, Yavapai County, Arizona

Bagdad, in Yavapai County, had 1,932 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $107,885 a year and half less, against $69,613 across Yavapai County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 5% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 95% are rented. Unemployment in Yavapai County was 5.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Yavapai County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 1,932 in the 2020 census; median age 24.0
Household income $107,885 the median, give or take $23,837 · Yavapai County: $69,613
Unemployment 5.6% Yavapai County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 5% lived in by their owners; 95% rented
  • 824households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 8 mintypical commute
  • 0%work from home

What people in Yavapai County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Building trades10%
  • Banks, insurance and property6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Yavapai County had 71,329 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 56° and 30°; warmest in July, 95° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 95° 66° A S O N D 56° 30°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 56° and 30°; warmest in July, 95° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 95° 66° A S O N D 56° 30°

Coldest in December, with highs near 56° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 95° and lows near 66°. About 1 inches of snow and 16 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bagdad weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Yavapai County

  1. Yavapai Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,665FTE
  2. Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs1,253
  3. Yavapai CollegeUniversity or college718
  4. community Asset ManagmentManagers' offices, residential condominium650
  5. Humboldt Unified District (4469)School district624FTE
  6. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottUniversity or college620
  7. Yavapai Regional Medical Center-EastGeneral medical and surgical hospitals613
  8. Enchantment ResortResort hotels without casinos604

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 122 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 13,937 people in all across the county; Bagdad has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireRelatively moderate
  2. LightningRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bagdad’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Yavapai County.