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Scottsdale, AZ

258,064 Population
184 square miles 1,402.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arizona: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$65,480 ±$3,399 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $34,074 ±$387
  • about double the amount in Arizona: $32,173 ±$301
$86,097 ±$6,512 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $67,896 ±$986
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arizona: $62,055 ±$446

6% ±1.1% (15,399  ±2,900) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12.1% 587,560 (±0.5% / ±25,225)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 13.5% 958,442 (±0.5% / ±33,279)

22 minutes ±1.1 (2,449,505  ±177,376) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 27.9 60,107,070 (±0.3 / ±745,188)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 26.6 80,588,860 (±0.2 / ±880,264)

Families

123,791 ±3,628 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,765,135 ±9,816
  • Arizona: 2,670,441 ±12,014
2.1 ±0.1 (256,391  ±556) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,863,677 (±0 / ±4,307)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,116,824 (±0)

3.9% ±1.6% (1,970  ±832) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.2% 61,234 (±0.5% / ±6,042)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 5.4% 89,019 (±0.4% / ±7,035)

Housing

145,936 ±5,239 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,970,654 ±1,544
  • Arizona: 3,076,048 ±708

$534,300 ±$20,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $283,500 ±$2,047
  • more than double the amount in Arizona: $255,900 ±$2,295

14.9% ±1.8% (38,131  ±4,573.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16.2% 790,145 (±0.5% / ±26,071.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 16.1% 1,161,844 (±0.4% / ±29,906.5)

Social

97.1% ±3.1% (198,912  ±7,407.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 88% 2,939,996 (±0.8% / ±28,017.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 87.6% 4,331,542 (±0.7% / ±34,029)
60.6% ±2.6% (124,197  ±5,908.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 32.2% 1,074,497 (±0.5% / ±15,824.3)
  • about double the rate in Arizona: 30.2% 1,492,158 (±0.4% / ±18,805)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

10.6% ±1.5% (27,226  ±3,917) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 707,563 (±0.3% / ±16,744)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 976,301 (±0.3% / ±19,038)

6.6% ±0.9% (14,620  ±2,045) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.6% 288,643 (±0.2% / ±8,063)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 8.5% 478,354 (±0.2% / ±9,908)
14,620 Total veterans ±2,045 13,924 Male ±1,959 696 Female ±416

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