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Tempe, AZ

185,025 Population
40 square miles 4,628.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,808 ±$1,647 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $31,096 ±$317
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $29,420 ±$258
$51,986 ±$2,681 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $61,506 ±$523
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $56,581 ±$516

22.1% ±3.1% (38,649  ±5,417) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 13.3% 620,578 (±0.5% / ±22,016)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,018,935 (±0.4% / ±28,419)

21.1 minutes ±0.8 (2,031,950  ±119,992) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 26.8 54,488,350 (±0.2 / ±639,682)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.6 73,987,970 (±0.2 / ±716,753)

Families

70,555 ±3,602 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,675,676 ±9,015
  • Arizona: 2,552,972 ±11,005
2.5 ±0.1 (175,418  ±3,813) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,658,143 (±0 / ±4,743)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.7 6,861,127 (±0)

4.9% ±2% (2,545  ±1,033) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 5.5% 61,290 (±0.4% / ±4,372)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 88,721 (±0.3% / ±4,401)

Housing

79,710 ±4,055 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,911,877 ±1,750
  • Arizona: 2,999,185 ±422

$266,900 ±$8,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $246,900 ±$2,423
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $223,400 ±$1,876

26.6% ±3.2% (48,652  ±5,932.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 17.2% 805,979 (±0.5% / ±22,374.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 17.6% 1,218,169 (±0.4% / ±26,600.2)

Social

91.5% ±3.2% (104,442  ±5,975.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 87.3% 2,760,765 (±0.8% / ±25,278.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 87.2% 4,106,464 (±0.6% / ±30,444.3)
42.6% ±2.8% (48,630  ±3,882.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 31.1% 981,863 (±0.5% / ±14,901.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 29.4% 1,383,092 (±0.4% / ±17,701.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

15.7% ±2.4% (28,963  ±4,345) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 673,330 (±0.3% / ±15,040)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 924,900 (±0.3% / ±18,307)

5.2% ±1% (8,187  ±1,599) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 7.8% 280,731 (±0.2% / ±7,671)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 9% 480,778 (±0.2% / ±9,881)
8,187 Total veterans ±1,599 7,109 Male ±1,637 1,078 Female ±617

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