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Scottsdale, AZ

254,995 Population
184 square miles 1,385.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$64,992 ±$2,151 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $34,378 ±$230
  • about double the amount in Arizona: $32,340 ±$182
$91,042 ±$2,601 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $67,068 ±$362
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $61,529 ±$286

6.8% ±0.6% (17,134  ±1,567) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12.7% 604,753 (±0.2% / ±10,759)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 14.1% 990,528 (±0.2% / ±12,842)

21.9 minutes ±0.9 (2,349,045  ±64,878) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

117,974 ±1,742 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,745,219 ±4,293
  • Arizona: 2,643,430 ±6,290
2.2 ±0 (253,276  ±263) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.7 4,779,596 (±0 / ±2,352)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,016,130 (±0)

4.5% ±0.9% (2,405  ±487) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.5% 63,603 (±0.2% / ±2,277)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 89,575 (±0.2% / ±2,739)

Housing

139,189 ±1,472 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,943,813 ±1,056
  • Arizona: 3,040,595 ±794

$493,200 ±$9,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $269,300 ±$1,332
  • about double the amount in Arizona: $242,000 ±$963

16.2% ±0.9% (41,056  ±2,213.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16.7% 799,681 (±0.3% / ±12,885)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,202,434 (±0.2% / ±15,058.8)

Social

96.9% ±1.7% (192,784  ±3,856.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 88.3% 2,880,573 (±0.4% / ±13,959.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 87.9% 4,258,137 (±0.4% / ±16,948.7)
59.5% ±1.4% (118,338  ±3,051.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 32.2% 1,051,665 (±0.3% / ±8,247)
  • about double the rate in Arizona: 30.3% 1,468,698 (±0.2% / ±9,585.1)

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

12.3% ±0.8% (31,427  ±1,991) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 690,389 (±0.2% / ±9,455)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 947,611 (±0.2% / ±10,597)

6.7% ±0.4% (14,446  ±829) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.9% 290,631 (±0.1% / ±3,621)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 8.9% 491,239 (±0.1% / ±4,620)
14,446 Total veterans ±829 13,507 Male ±839 939 Female ±235

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