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New River, AZ

14,847 Population
56.1 square miles 264.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 36.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 37.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,812 ±$3,076 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $29,542 ±$156
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arizona: $27,964 ±$123
$74,237 ±$9,384 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $57,935 ±$332
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arizona: $53,510 ±$259

5.5% ±2.4% (819  ±357) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 15.7% 703,226 (±0.2% / ±10,269)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,128,046 (±0.2% / ±13,440)

33.3 minutes ±1.9 (236,925  ±30,161) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 26.2 50,117,585 (±0.1 / ±266,429)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arizona: 25.1 68,907,520 (±0.1 / ±340,729)

Families

5,797 ±356 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,623,046 ±5,158
  • Arizona: 2,482,311 ±6,429
2.6 ±0.1 (14,755  ±1,047) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,483,651 (±0 / ±1,990)
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 2.7 6,656,124 (±0)

3.7% ±2.4% (107  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 5.2% 56,981 (±0.2% / ±1,755)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 5.4% 85,196 (±0.2% / ±2,315)

Housing

6,600 ±277 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,868,414 ±761
  • Arizona: 2,941,894 ±465

$318,400 ±$22,665 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $216,600 ±$857
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $193,200 ±$657

9.1% ±2.5% (1,340  ±377.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 17.7% 798,793 (±0.2% / ±10,470.6)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 18.1% 1,218,119 (±0.2% / ±14,134)

Social

94.8% ±2.9% (11,000  ±833.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 86.9% 2,613,719 (±0.4% / ±10,396.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 86.5% 3,906,526 (±0.3% / ±12,506)
25.8% ±3.2% (2,990  ±426.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 30.3% 910,085 (±0.2% / ±5,839.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 28.5% 1,284,657 (±0.2% / ±7,098)

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

5.2% ±2.2% (768  ±329) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 653,360 (±0.1% / ±6,458)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 911,810 (±0.1% / ±7,595)

10% ±1.5% (1,280  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 8.4% 288,054 (±0.1% / ±3,482)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 9.4% 486,760 (±0.1% / ±4,213)
1,280 Total veterans ±214 1,233 Male ±214 47 Female ±42

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