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New River, AZ

16,303 Population
56.1 square miles 290.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arizona: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$46,764 ±$4,332 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $34,378 ±$230
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $32,340 ±$182
$96,187 ±$15,601 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $67,068 ±$362
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $61,529 ±$286

2.5% ±2% (405  ±330) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12.7% 604,753 (±0.2% / ±10,759)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arizona: 14.1% 990,528 (±0.2% / ±12,842)

36.6 minutes ±8.6 (280,595  ±46,210) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.9 54,986,805 (±0.2 / ±402,390)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 25.8 74,646,265 (±0.1 / ±443,232)

Families

6,211 ±724 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,745,219 ±4,293
  • Arizona: 2,643,430 ±6,290
2.6 ±0.4 (16,201  ±1,539) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.7 4,779,596 (±0 / ±2,352)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,016,130 (±0)

3.4% ±2% (102  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.5% 63,603 (±0.2% / ±2,277)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 89,575 (±0.2% / ±2,739)

Housing

6,662 ±733 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,943,813 ±1,056
  • Arizona: 3,040,595 ±794

$415,900 ±$20,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $269,300 ±$1,332
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $242,000 ±$963

8.3% ±3% (1,343  ±505.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16.7% 799,681 (±0.3% / ±12,885)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,202,434 (±0.2% / ±15,058.8)

Social

96.6% ±12.8% (12,100  ±1,121.3) 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)
37.3% ±5.4% (4,673  ±807.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 32.2% 1,051,665 (±0.3% / ±8,247)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

5.7% ±3.4% (924  ±566) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 690,389 (±0.2% / ±9,455)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 947,611 (±0.2% / ±10,597)

9.9% ±2.1% (1,324  ±301) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.9% 290,631 (±0.1% / ±3,621)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 8.9% 491,239 (±0.1% / ±4,620)
1,324 Total veterans ±301 1,297 Male ±297 27 Female ±29

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