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Sacaton, Arizona.

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

Living in Sacaton, Pinal County, Arizona

Sacaton, in Pinal County, had 3,254 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Pinal County was 5.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Pinal County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,254 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Sacaton for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.7% Pinal County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Sacaton for the Census survey to measure.
  • 4%of adults have a degree
  • 0%work from home

What people in Pinal County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pinal County had 79,977 jobs in 2025, 2.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 64° and 39°; warmest in July, 104° and 78° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 104° 78° A S O N D 64° 39°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 64° and 39°; warmest in July, 104° and 78° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 104° 78° A S O N D 64° 39°

Coldest in December, with highs near 64° and lows near 39°; warmest in July, with highs near 104° and lows near 78°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Chandler Heights weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Pinal County

  1. Lucid Motors AMP1Automobile manufacturing of electric vehicles3,711
  2. Florence Unified School District (4437)School district1,235FTE
  3. Arizona Department of CorrectionsCorrectional institutions1,117
  4. Maricopa Unified School District (4441)School district1,075FTE
  5. Pinal CountySheriffs' offices1,053
  6. Casa Grande Elementary District (4446)School district912FTE
  7. WalmartRefrigerated warehousing and storage888
  8. CaesarsCasino840

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 182 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 26,046 people in all across the county; Sacaton has one of its own. School districts come 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. Heat wavesVery high
  2. DroughtRelatively high
  3. WildfireRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. LightningRelatively high
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sacaton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Pinal County.