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Tempe, AZ

191,607 Population
39.9 square miles 4,797.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$33,205 ±$1,022 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $34,378 ±$230
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $32,340 ±$182
$61,290 ±$1,600 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $67,068 ±$362
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $61,529 ±$286

18.5% ±1.3% (33,513  ±2,353) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12.7% 604,753 (±0.2% / ±10,759)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arizona: 14.1% 990,528 (±0.2% / ±12,842)

21.3 minutes ±0.5 (2,083,425  ±73,961) 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

76,218 ±1,777 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,745,219 ±4,293
  • Arizona: 2,643,430 ±6,290
2.4 ±0.1 (180,925  ±1,442) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.7 4,779,596 (±0 / ±2,352)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,016,130 (±0)

4% ±0.9% (2,221  ±481) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.5% 63,603 (±0.2% / ±2,277)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 89,575 (±0.2% / ±2,739)

Housing

83,039 ±1,515 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,943,813 ±1,056
  • Arizona: 3,040,595 ±794

$287,600 ±$6,087 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $269,300 ±$1,332
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $242,000 ±$963

27% ±1.5% (51,100  ±2,816) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16.7% 799,681 (±0.3% / ±12,885)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,202,434 (±0.2% / ±15,058.8)

Social

93.5% ±2.1% (113,453  ±3,379.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 88.3% 2,880,573 (±0.4% / ±13,959.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 87.9% 4,258,137 (±0.4% / ±16,948.7)
46.5% ±1.6% (56,459  ±2,202.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 32.2% 1,051,665 (±0.3% / ±8,247)
  • about 1.5 times 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

15.4% ±1% (29,559  ±1,811) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 690,389 (±0.2% / ±9,455)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 947,611 (±0.2% / ±10,597)

5.6% ±0.5% (9,238  ±773) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.9% 290,631 (±0.1% / ±3,621)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 8.9% 491,239 (±0.1% / ±4,620)
9,238 Total veterans ±773 8,060 Male ±700 1,178 Female ±290

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