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Scottsdale, AZ

242,754 Population
184 square miles 1,319.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arizona: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$74,952 ±$4,791 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $38,713 ±$487
  • more than double the amount in Arizona: $36,295 ±$370
$99,097 ±$7,127 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $75,731 ±$741
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arizona: $69,056 ±$686

7.2% ±1.5% (17,376  ±3,550) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11.1% 539,178 (±0.5% / ±22,748)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 908,961 (±0.4% / ±26,990)

21.9 minutes ±0.9 (2,349,045  ±64,878) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2020 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.9 54,986,805 (±0.2 / ±402,390)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.8 74,646,265 (±0.1 / ±443,232)

Families

119,122 ±3,184 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,863,195 ±7,438
  • Arizona: 2,817,723 ±10,850
2 ±0.1 (241,064  ±737) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,869,169 (±0 / ±5,045)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,130,607 (±0)

2% ±1.1% (1,014  ±582) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 4.9% 57,546 (±0.5% / ±5,419)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 5% 83,599 (±0.4% / ±6,586)

Housing

138,984 ±3,824 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,028,321 ±1,976
  • Arizona: 3,138,685 ±419

$674,900 ±$22,483 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $374,100 ±$3,136
  • about double the amount in Arizona: $336,300 ±$2,390

17.1% ±2.1% (41,370  ±5,064.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.6% 712,488 (±0.5% / ±24,421.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.7% 1,058,700 (±0.4% / ±30,534.7)

Social

97.6% ±3.1% (190,912  ±7,267.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.3% 3,002,815 (±0.9% / ±29,585.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89% 4,430,934 (±0.7% / ±35,283.3)
60.4% ±2.5% (118,277  ±5,396.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 34.6% 1,162,438 (±0.5% / ±17,048.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Arizona: 32.4% 1,615,081 (±0.4% / ±20,542.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

10.8% ±1.4% (26,132  ±3,279) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.4% 664,841 (±0.3% / ±15,677)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.6% 915,934 (±0.3% / ±17,998)

6.6% ±0.8% (13,764  ±1,691) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.1% 271,428 (±0.2% / ±8,372)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 454,375 (±0.2% / ±12,115)
13,764 Total veterans ±1,691 12,765 Male ±1,685 999 Female ±477

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