ZIP 86520 · Blue Gap
Who lives in ZIP code 86520 (Blue Gap, AZ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Blue Gap, AZ · Apache County
uszips 2026
People2,293
Median age33.0
Household income$15,417
Home value$57,338
Median rent$716/mo
Poverty53.6%
College degree+5.8%
Commute36 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Mountain
- Density
- 3 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 844
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
16.4% are 65 or older; 73.7% are adults.
Household income
6.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $12,660.
Education (adults 25+)
52.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 30.0%
- Never married
- 52.0%
- Divorced
- 10.3%
- Widowed
- 7.7%
- Family size
- 3.80
- Dual-income families
- 17.5%
Housing
- Own their home
- 87.6%
- Rent burden
- 23.4%
- Men / women
- 47% / 53%
Work
- In labor force
- 36.7%
- Unemployment
- 36.4%
- Self-employed
- 12.2%
- Farmers
- 6.1%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 0.0%
- Veterans
- 3.3%
- With a disability
- 20.4%
- No health insurance
- 16.5%
- Limited English
- 25.5%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.