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Scottsdale, AZ

244,421 Population
184 square miles 1,328.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$84,504 ±$5,832 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $43,862 ±$609
  • about double the amount in Arizona: $41,290 ±$524
$106,058 ±$5,392 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $85,700 ±$1,382
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arizona: $77,315 ±$931

7.7% ±1.4% (18,737  ±3,488) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 10.9% 544,729 (±0.5% / ±23,259)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 905,418 (±0.5% / ±32,734)

21.4 minutes ±0.2 (1,966,835  ±57,505) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.6 51,692,232 (±0.1 / ±356,322)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.6 71,059,330 (±0.1 / ±410,968)

Families

118,561 ±3,459 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,922,068 ±9,012
  • Arizona: 2,907,014 ±12,227
2 ±0.1 (241,821  ±134) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,981,057 (±0 / ±1,694)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 † 7,268,616 (±,191.1 / ±-555,555,600)

3.4% ±1.5% (1,491  ±657) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5% 59,793 (±0.4% / ±5,034)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 87,133 (±0.4% / ±6,032)

Housing

140,546 ±4,273 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,103,658 ±706
  • Arizona: 3,239,474 ±370

$835,100 ±$40,282 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $457,400 ±$3,684
  • about double the amount in Arizona: $411,200 ±$3,380

17.8% ±2.6% (43,251  ±6,327.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.7% 685,954 (±0.5% / ±23,197.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arizona: 14% 1,026,747 (±0.4% / ±29,187.6)

Social

97.7% ±3.3% (187,979  ±7,936.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.8% 3,133,395 (±0.9% / ±30,872.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,603,089 (±0.7% / ±37,471.7)
60.9% ±2.7% (117,115  ±5,966.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 35.5% 1,238,689 (±0.5% / ±18,283.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Arizona: 33.5% 1,726,116 (±0.4% / ±21,546.2)

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

9.7% ±1.5% (23,769  ±3,537) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% † 720,728 (±1,557.6% / ±17,746)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 13.2% † 980,927 (±,986.8% / ±22,875)

4.9% ±0.8% (10,188  ±1,748) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.5% 255,483 (±0.2% / ±9,007)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 7.5% 434,487 (±0.2% / ±11,101)
10,188 Total veterans ±1,748 9,482 Male ±1,739 706 Female ±350

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