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Carefree, AZ

3,683 Population
8.8 square miles 418.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.9 ±2.8 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$93,927 ±$23,852 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $45,239 ±$283
  • more than double the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
$147,165 ±$38,793 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $88,301 ±$521
  • nearly double the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407

11.3% ±7.1% (409  ±257) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11% 543,008 (±0.2% / ±10,198)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)

36.1 minutes ±30.4 (23,200  ±11,732) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.4 50,963,576 (±0.2 / ±408,707)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)

Families

1,845 ±169 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,892,613 ±4,686
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
2 ±0.2 (3,598  ±25) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,940,385 (±0 / ±686)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416

0.6% ±1.7% (2  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.2% 61,227 (±0.2% / ±2,804)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)

Housing

2,315 ±263 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,068,985 ±442
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631

$1,088,100 ±$67,315 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $440,900 ±$1,457
  • more than double the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474

16.3% ±9.1% (600  ±334) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.1% 702,483 (±0.2% / ±11,163.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)

Social

99% ±14.2% (3,413  ±516.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.7% 3,091,028 (±0.4% / ±14,283)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
61% ±10.6% (2,105  ±380.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 35.3% 1,216,810 (±0.3% / ±9,024.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)

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

7.7% ±4.2% (282  ±156) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14% 703,345
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784

11.7% ±4.9% (417  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.9% 268,982 (±0.1% / ±4,434)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
417 Total veterans ±176 394 Male ±164 23 Female ±38

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