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New River, AZ

17,731 Population
56.1 square miles 316 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arizona: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$51,767 ±$4,493 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $36,842 ±$229
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $34,644 ±$189
$110,257 ±$8,516 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $72,211 ±$483
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $65,913 ±$387

2% ±1.6% (345  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12% 564,231 (±0.2% / ±10,260)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arizona: 13.5% 934,911 (±0.2% / ±13,056)

37 minutes ±7.6 (302,570  ±42,008) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.9 52,678,836 (±0.1 / ±348,200)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 25.7 72,098,050 (±0.1 / ±371,889)

Families

6,812 ±656 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,777,705 ±4,088
  • Arizona: 2,683,557 ±6,004
2.6 ±0.4 (17,639  ±1,640) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.7 4,711,461 (±0 / ±2,473)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.6 6,930,677 (±0)

4.4% ±2.6% (147  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.6% 63,235 (±0.2% / ±2,580)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 88,808 (±0.2% / ±2,768)

Housing

7,182 ±599 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,965,632 ±942
  • Arizona: 3,056,890 ±502

$445,800 ±$15,540 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $294,700 ±$972
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $265,600 ±$977

5.4% ±2% (955  ±359.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16% 755,857 (±0.3% / ±11,749.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 16.2% 1,136,173 (±0.2% / ±13,602.7)

Social

95.3% ±12.4% (12,716  ±1,147.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 88.7% 2,858,276 (±0.4% / ±13,134.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 88.3% 4,231,547 (±0.3% / ±16,075.2)
34.9% ±4.2% (4,656  ±715.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 33.1% 1,067,313 (±0.2% / ±7,841.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 31.2% 1,495,416 (±0.2% / ±9,819.8)

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

4.5% ±2.5% (797  ±457) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14% 671,260 (±0.2% / ±8,128)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 13% 922,119 (±0.1% / ±9,249)

9.9% ±2.5% (1,406  ±374) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.7% 279,503 (±0.1% / ±3,893)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 8.7% 471,924 (±0.1% / ±4,871)
1,406 Total veterans ±374 1,397 Male ±375 9 Female ±11

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