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Tempe, AZ

184,109 Population
39.9 square miles 4,609.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,225 ±$3,175 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $38,713 ±$487
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $36,295 ±$370
$68,662 ±$6,668 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $75,731 ±$741
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $69,056 ±$686

16.7% ±2.7% (28,731  ±4,629) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11.1% 539,178 (±0.5% / ±22,748)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 908,961 (±0.4% / ±26,990)

20.4 minutes ±0.6 (1,580,010  ±124,162) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 25.6 45,789,380 (±0.2 / ±654,265)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 24.8 64,431,888 (±0.2 / ±752,153)

Families

77,306 ±2,767 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,863,195 ±7,438
  • Arizona: 2,817,723 ±10,850
2.2 ±0.1 (171,993  ±3,131) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,869,169 (±0 / ±5,045)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,130,607 (±0)

2.5% ±1% (1,393  ±545) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 4.9% 57,546 (±0.5% / ±5,419)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 5% 83,599 (±0.4% / ±6,586)

Housing

83,172 ±3,116 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,028,321 ±1,976
  • Arizona: 3,138,685 ±419

$414,600 ±$16,853 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $374,100 ±$3,136
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $336,300 ±$2,390

28.3% ±3% (51,710  ±5,452.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.6% 712,488 (±0.5% / ±24,421.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Arizona: 14.7% 1,058,700 (±0.4% / ±30,534.7)

Social

93.8% ±4.2% (108,945  ±6,114.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.3% 3,002,815 (±0.9% / ±29,585.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89% 4,430,934 (±0.7% / ±35,283.3)
49.1% ±3.2% (57,044  ±4,230.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 34.6% 1,162,438 (±0.5% / ±17,048.1)
  • about 1.5 times 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 2021 5-year data

11.5% ±1.7% (21,239  ±3,030) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.4% 664,841 (±0.3% / ±15,677)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.6% 915,934 (±0.3% / ±17,998)

3.8% ±0.9% (6,054  ±1,482) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.1% 271,428 (±0.2% / ±8,372)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 454,375 (±0.2% / ±12,115)
6,054 Total veterans ±1,482 4,864 Male ±1,227 1,190 Female ±632

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