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Tempe, AZ

192,354 Population
40 square miles 4,811.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$32,825 ±$2,171 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $32,438 ±$406
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $30,530 ±$318
$60,330 ±$2,176 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $64,427 ±$887
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $59,246 ±$732

17.5% ±2.2% (31,798  ±4,128) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 12.2% 583,806 (±0.4% / ±19,689)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14% 983,499 (±0.4% / ±28,300)

21.2 minutes ±1.2 (2,179,455  ±157,007) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 26.7 56,118,555 (±0.2 / ±671,490)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.8 76,216,710 (±0.2 / ±729,431)

Families

74,266 ±2,923 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,730,400 ±8,772
  • Arizona: 2,614,298 ±11,305
2.5 ±0.1 (182,332  ±4,135) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,776,230 (±0 / ±4,926)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,012,204 (±0)

3.2% ±1.1% (1,753  ±611) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 5.9% 67,997 (±0.4% / ±4,866)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 5.7% 92,780 (±0.4% / ±5,929)

Housing

80,754 ±3,360 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,940,167 ±1,804
  • Arizona: 3,035,902 ±406

$287,800 ±$9,158 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $267,000 ±$2,209
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $241,100 ±$1,921

24.2% ±2.7% (46,062  ±5,222.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 16.6% 795,175 (±0.5% / ±24,729.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,202,437 (±0.4% / ±30,170.5)

Social

92.6% ±3.6% (111,046  ±6,063.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 88% 2,867,356 (±0.8% / ±26,567.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 87.5% 4,234,370 (±0.7% / ±31,758.1)
47.6% ±2.7% (57,092  ±3,947.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 31.9% 1,040,388 (±0.5% / ±15,468.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 29.7% 1,438,493 (±0.4% / ±18,983.3)

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

16.6% ±2.2% (31,895  ±4,214) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 695,508 (±0.3% / ±14,526)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 960,275 (±0.3% / ±17,694)

5.7% ±1% (9,263  ±1,630) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 7.9% 293,858 (±0.2% / ±7,699)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 9% 496,239 (±0.2% / ±9,859)
9,263 Total veterans ±1,630 8,549 Male ±1,555 714 Female ±405

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