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Carefree, AZ

3,863 Population
8.8 square miles 438.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

69.4 ±5.3 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.2
  • nearly double the figure in Arizona: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$80,996 ±$22,438 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $34,378 ±$230
  • more than double the amount in Arizona: $32,340 ±$182
$112,768 ±$28,422 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $67,068 ±$362
  • nearly double the amount in Arizona: $61,529 ±$286

5.1% ±3.1% (194  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12.7% 604,753 (±0.2% / ±10,759)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 14.1% 990,528 (±0.2% / ±12,842)

33.5 minutes ±5.2 (28,635  ±13,190) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.9 54,986,805 (±0.2 / ±402,390)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arizona: 25.8 74,646,265 (±0.1 / ±443,232)

Families

1,918 ±213 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,745,219 ±4,293
  • Arizona: 2,643,430 ±6,290
2 ±0.2 (3,811  ±27) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.7 4,779,596 (±0 / ±2,352)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,016,130 (±0)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,584 ±300 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,943,813 ±1,056
  • Arizona: 3,040,595 ±794

$758,200 ±$104,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $269,300 ±$1,332
  • more than double the amount in Arizona: $242,000 ±$963

16.4% ±9.8% (632  ±376.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16.7% 799,681 (±0.3% / ±12,885)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,202,434 (±0.2% / ±15,058.8)

Social

99.9% ±15.2% (3,639  ±589.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 88.3% 2,880,573 (±0.4% / ±13,959.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 87.9% 4,258,137 (±0.4% / ±16,948.7)
59.7% ±11.2% (2,177  ±425.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 32.2% 1,051,665 (±0.3% / ±8,247)
  • about double the rate in Arizona: 30.3% 1,468,698 (±0.2% / ±9,585.1)

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

4.6% ±3.4% (177  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 690,389 (±0.2% / ±9,455)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 947,611 (±0.2% / ±10,597)

14.3% ±5.6% (532  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.9% 290,631 (±0.1% / ±3,621)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 8.9% 491,239 (±0.1% / ±4,620)
532 Total veterans ±211 502 Male ±209 30 Female ±50

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