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Gold Canyon, AZ

12,488 Population
28.7 square miles 435.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66.1 ±1.3 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

$59,648 ±$6,210 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $43,395 ±$277
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$85,833 ±$15,136 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $84,703 ±$507
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

8.1% ±4.1% (1,009  ±515) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11.2% 544,541 (±0.2% / ±10,757)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

31.7 minutes ±9.7 (84,465  ±17,600) 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

6,150 ±528 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,854,535 ±4,374
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
2 ±0.1 (12,485  ±1,151) 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 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

2.7% ±3.1% (40  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.3% 61,985 (±0.2% / ±2,771)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

7,897 ±508 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,030,723 ±463
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$469,600 ±$27,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $401,400 ±$1,981
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

13.7% ±3.4% (1,711  ±452.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.7% 717,865 (±0.2% / ±10,900.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

94.5% ±11.7% (10,569  ±862) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.5% 3,015,669 (±0.4% / ±13,897.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
38.1% ±3.1% (4,258  ±528.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 34.6% 1,165,233 (±0.3% / ±8,283.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

5.4% ±1.7% (669  ±217) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.9% 684,927
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

16.2% ±3.1% (1,868  ±393) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.2% 274,181 (±0.1% / ±4,153)
  • about double the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
1,868 Total veterans ±393 1,769 Male ±386 99 Female ±57

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