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Surprise, AZ

167,569 Population
110.5 square miles 1,516.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,962 ±$3,126 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $46,168 ±$639
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $43,676 ±$521
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$100,824 ±$6,012 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $90,133 ±$1,235
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $81,486 ±$684
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.8% ±2.5% (14,696  ±4,215) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 10.3% 523,232 (±0.5% / ±24,193)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 11.7% 866,882 (±0.4% / ±31,738)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,679,010  ±75,717) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.4 50,963,576 (±0.2 / ±408,707)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

64,551 ±2,688 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,967,378 ±9,732
  • Arizona: 2,982,475 ±11,520
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (165,330  ±72) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 5,094,066 (±0 / ±828)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,416,987
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.4% ±1.5% (1,393  ±629) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 4.7% 57,749 (±0.4% / ±4,923)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 4.6% 80,240 (±0.3% / ±5,916)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

69,450 ±3,019 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,149,005 ±432
  • Arizona: 3,299,178 ±852
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$450,800 ±$8,602 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $470,600 ±$2,742
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $426,000 ±$2,728
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.8% ±2.7% (22,947  ±4,501.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.9% 712,259 (±0.5% / ±27,347.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 13.8% 1,032,583 (±0.4% / ±31,511.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.7% ±4.4% (116,328  ±6,790.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 90% 3,224,379 (±0.9% / ±31,816.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.7% 4,728,815 (±0.7% / ±37,719.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.9% ±2.8% (40,444  ±3,700) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37% 1,323,841 (±0.6% / ±19,587.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 34.7% 1,830,412 (±0.4% / ±23,225.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.9% ±2% (14,914  ±3,333) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.4% 748,922
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 1,017,951
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11% ±1.9% (14,865  ±2,547) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.5% 263,680 (±0.2% / ±7,444)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 7.4% 442,479 (±0.2% / ±9,993)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,865 Total veterans ±2,547 13,774 Male ±2,432 1,091 Female ±625

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