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Scottsdale, AZ

246,183 Population
184 square miles 1,337.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$85,266 ±$5,577 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $46,168 ±$639
  • about double the amount in Arizona: $43,676 ±$521
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$104,893 ±$11,009 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $90,133 ±$1,235
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arizona: $81,486 ±$684
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.9% ±1.9% (16,955  ±4,646) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 10.3% 523,232 (±0.5% / ±24,193)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 11.7% 866,882 (±0.4% / ±31,738)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.6 minutes ±0.3 (1,851,630  ±67,552) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.4 50,963,576 (±0.2 / ±408,707)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

121,398 ±4,050 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,967,378 ±9,732
  • Arizona: 2,982,475 ±11,520
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0.1 (243,823  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 5,094,066 (±0 / ±828)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,416,987
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±2.6% (2,580  ±1,322) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 4.7% 57,749 (±0.4% / ±4,923)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 4.6% 80,240 (±0.3% / ±5,916)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

139,766 ±4,792 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,149,005 ±432
  • Arizona: 3,299,178 ±852
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$856,700 ±$28,769 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $470,600 ±$2,742
  • about double the amount in Arizona: $426,000 ±$2,728
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.8% ±2.5% (40,983  ±6,016) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.9% 712,259 (±0.5% / ±27,347.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.8% 1,032,583 (±0.4% / ±31,511.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

98.1% ±3.3% (192,993  ±8,083) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 90% 3,224,379 (±0.9% / ±31,816.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.7% 4,728,815 (±0.7% / ±37,719.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
64.3% ±2.7% (126,604  ±6,226.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37% 1,323,841 (±0.6% / ±19,587.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Arizona: 34.7% 1,830,412 (±0.4% / ±23,225.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.5% ±1.6% (28,336  ±3,982) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.4% 748,922
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 1,017,951
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.6% ±1% (11,703  ±2,070) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.5% 263,680 (±0.2% / ±7,444)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 7.4% 442,479 (±0.2% / ±9,993)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,703 Total veterans ±2,070 10,772 Male ±2,028 931 Female ±829

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