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Carefree, AZ

3,672 Population
8.8 square miles 416.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.5 ±3.1 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$99,367 ±$28,985 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $43,395 ±$277
  • more than double the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$141,331 ±$35,502 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $84,703 ±$507
  • nearly double the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

11.8% ±6.8% (425  ±244) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than 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)

32.2 minutes ±27.1 (21,055  ±11,675) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.5 51,148,672 (±0.1 / ±367,593)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

1,849 ±175 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,854,535 ±4,374
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
1.9 ±0.2 (3,587  ±16) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,853,716 (±0 / ±673)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

0.8% ±1.8% (3  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.3% 61,985 (±0.2% / ±2,771)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

2,371 ±258 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,030,723 ±463
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$1,066,600 ±$90,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $401,400 ±$1,981
  • more than double the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

15.2% ±8.7% (559  ±318.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than 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

99.3% ±13.8% (3,406  ±498.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.5% 3,015,669 (±0.4% / ±13,897.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
61.6% ±10.3% (2,113  ±364.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 34.6% 1,165,233 (±0.3% / ±8,283.8)
  • nearly double 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

11.6% ±5% (426  ±184) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.9% 684,927
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

13.2% ±6% (472  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.2% 274,181 (±0.1% / ±4,153)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
472 Total veterans ±216 448 Male ±197 24 Female ±39

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