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Phoenix, AZ

1,673,122 Population
518.3 square miles 3,227.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$42,655 ±$949 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $46,168 ±$639
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $43,676 ±$521
$85,246 ±$2,218 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $90,133 ±$1,235
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $81,486 ±$684

12% ±1% (197,851  ±15,850) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 10.3% 523,232 (±0.5% / ±24,193)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 11.7% 866,882 (±0.4% / ±31,738)

26.7 minutes ±0.5 (19,502,056  ±572,473) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 27.6 58,209,660 (±0.3 / ±932,852)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 26.4 78,897,560 (±0.3 / ±1,104,235)

Families

631,270 ±8,668 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,967,378 ±9,732
  • Arizona: 2,982,475 ±11,520
2.6 ±0 (1,643,002  ±547) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 5,094,066 (±0 / ±828)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,416,987

4.6% ±0.7% (19,509  ±2,810) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 4.7% 57,749 (±0.4% / ±4,923)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 4.6% 80,240 (±0.3% / ±5,916)

Housing

678,852 ±8,847 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,149,005 ±432
  • Arizona: 3,299,178 ±852

$454,900 ±$6,467 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $470,600 ±$2,742
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $426,000 ±$2,728

14.9% ±1% (246,314  ±16,768.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.9% 712,259 (±0.5% / ±27,347.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.8% 1,032,583 (±0.4% / ±31,511.1)

Social

85.3% ±1.5% (959,797  ±18,926.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 90% 3,224,379 (±0.9% / ±31,816.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 89.7% 4,728,815 (±0.7% / ±37,719.5)
35.9% ±1% (404,491  ±12,095.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37% 1,323,841 (±0.6% / ±19,587.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 34.7% 1,830,412 (±0.4% / ±23,225.7)

36.3% ±1.4% (571,059  ±21,522.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 25.6% 1,256,523 (±0.5% / ±23,289.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 25.9% 1,859,744 (±0.4% / ±28,215.4)

19.4% ±0.9% (324,140  ±15,485) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.4% 748,922
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 1,017,951

4.9% ±0.4% (62,763  ±4,603) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.5% 263,680 (±0.2% / ±7,444)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 7.4% 442,479 (±0.2% / ±9,993)
62,763 Total veterans ±4,603 55,171 Male ±4,270 7,592 Female ±1,753

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