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Tempe, AZ

189,839 Population
40 square miles 4,748.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$42,531 ±$2,267 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $43,862 ±$609
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $41,290 ±$524
$91,079 ±$6,755 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $85,700 ±$1,382
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $77,315 ±$931

14.5% ±2.6% (25,992  ±4,639) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 10.9% 544,729 (±0.5% / ±23,259)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 905,418 (±0.5% / ±32,734)

21.3 minutes ±1.6 (2,052,305  ±193,538) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.7 53,605,284 (±0.3 / ±892,106)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.7 73,541,830 (±0.2 / ±972,021)

Families

76,512 ±2,722 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,922,068 ±9,012
  • Arizona: 2,907,014 ±12,227
2.3 ±0.1 (179,218  ±161) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,981,057 (±0 / ±1,694)
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,268,616

1.8% ±1.3% (1,015  ±740) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5% 59,793 (±0.4% / ±5,034)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 87,133 (±0.4% / ±6,032)

Housing

86,117 ±3,625 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,103,658 ±706
  • Arizona: 3,239,474 ±370

$470,200 ±$20,981 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $457,400 ±$3,684
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $411,200 ±$3,380

24.2% ±3.2% (45,768  ±6,046.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.7% 685,954 (±0.5% / ±23,197.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 14% 1,026,747 (±0.4% / ±29,187.6)

Social

93.2% ±3.2% (111,914  ±6,302.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.8% 3,133,395 (±0.9% / ±30,872.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,603,089 (±0.7% / ±37,471.7)
52.1% ±2.7% (62,510  ±4,318) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 35.5% 1,238,689 (±0.5% / ±18,283.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 33.5% 1,726,116 (±0.4% / ±21,546.2)

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

15.7% ±2.4% (29,703  ±4,624) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 720,728
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 980,927

4.2% ±1% (6,962  ±1,658) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.5% 255,483 (±0.2% / ±9,007)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 7.5% 434,487 (±0.2% / ±11,101)
6,962 Total veterans ±1,658 6,074 Male ±1,458 888 Female ±555

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