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Peoria, AZ

168,174 Population
175.7 square miles 957.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,703 ±$2,217 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $31,096 ±$317
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $29,420 ±$258
$72,142 ±$5,108 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $61,506 ±$523
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arizona: $56,581 ±$516

6.6% ±1.3% (11,069  ±2,208) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 13.3% 620,578 (±0.5% / ±22,016)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,018,935 (±0.4% / ±28,419)

28.1 minutes ±0.5 (1,931,520  ±50,295) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2017 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 26.2 50,117,585 (±0.1 / ±266,429)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.1 68,907,520 (±0.1 / ±340,729)

Families

62,112 ±2,501 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,675,676 ±9,015
  • Arizona: 2,552,972 ±11,005
2.7 ±0.1 (166,765  ±610) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,658,143 (±0 / ±4,743)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.7 6,861,127 (±0)

5.7% ±2.1% (2,175  ±807) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 5.5% 61,290 (±0.4% / ±4,372)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 88,721 (±0.3% / ±4,401)

Housing

69,003 ±3,192 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,911,877 ±1,750
  • Arizona: 2,999,185 ±422

$255,800 ±$10,442 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $246,900 ±$2,423
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $223,400 ±$1,876

15.1% ±2.1% (25,119  ±3,414.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 17.2% 805,979 (±0.5% / ±22,374.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 17.6% 1,218,169 (±0.4% / ±26,600.2)

Social

92.6% ±3.4% (108,301  ±5,010.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 87.3% 2,760,765 (±0.8% / ±25,278.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 87.2% 4,106,464 (±0.6% / ±30,444.3)
33.7% ±2.3% (39,365  ±2,904.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 31.1% 981,863 (±0.5% / ±14,901.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 29.4% 1,383,092 (±0.4% / ±17,701.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

8.8% ±1.7% (14,794  ±2,773) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 673,330 (±0.3% / ±15,040)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 924,900 (±0.3% / ±18,307)

8% ±1.2% (10,525  ±1,582) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 7.8% 280,731 (±0.2% / ±7,671)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 9% 480,778 (±0.2% / ±9,881)
10,525 Total veterans ±1,582 9,014 Male ±1,428 1,511 Female ±668

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