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Apache Junction, AZ

39,746 Population
45.5 square miles 874.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,205 ±$1,617 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $43,395 ±$277
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$58,619 ±$3,568 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $84,703 ±$507
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

11% ±1.9% (4,334  ±761) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11.2% 544,541 (±0.2% / ±10,757)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

28.5 minutes ±0.5 (386,475  ±31,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.5 51,148,672 (±0.1 / ±367,593)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

17,953 ±628 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,854,535 ±4,374
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
2.2 ±0.1 (39,462  ±344) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,853,716 (±0 / ±673)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

4.4% ±2.3% (270  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.3% 61,985 (±0.2% / ±2,771)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

21,979 ±669 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,030,723 ±463
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$196,700 ±$15,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $401,400 ±$1,981
  • about half the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

15% ±2.7% (5,919  ±1,049.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.7% 717,865 (±0.2% / ±10,900.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

87.2% ±3.6% (27,393  ±1,340.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.5% 3,015,669 (±0.4% / ±13,897.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
17.3% ±2.1% (5,421  ±670.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 34.6% 1,165,233 (±0.3% / ±8,283.8)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 32.6% 1,627,462 (±0.2% / ±10,137.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8% ±1.3% (3,195  ±513) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.9% 684,927
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

13% ±1.6% (4,332  ±530) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.2% 274,181 (±0.1% / ±4,153)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
4,332 Total veterans ±530 4,015 Male ±507 317 Female ±121

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