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Tempe, AZ

195,816 Population
40 square miles 4,898.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$34,679 ±$1,805 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $34,074 ±$387
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $32,173 ±$301
$66,297 ±$5,241 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $67,896 ±$986
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $62,055 ±$446

17.2% ±2.6% (31,512  ±4,818) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12.1% 587,560 (±0.5% / ±25,225)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arizona: 13.5% 958,442 (±0.5% / ±33,279)

22.2 minutes ±1.1 (2,350,840  ±162,290) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 27.9 60,107,070 (±0.3 / ±745,188)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 26.6 80,588,860 (±0.2 / ±880,264)

Families

76,669 ±2,672 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,765,135 ±9,816
  • Arizona: 2,670,441 ±12,014
2.4 ±0.1 (183,651  ±1,917) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,863,677 (±0 / ±4,307)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,116,824 (±0)

2.7% ±1.1% (1,611  ±682) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.2% 61,234 (±0.5% / ±6,042)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 5.4% 89,019 (±0.4% / ±7,035)

Housing

85,556 ±3,490 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,970,654 ±1,544
  • Arizona: 3,076,048 ±708

$323,600 ±$11,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $283,500 ±$2,047
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $255,900 ±$2,295

31.6% ±3.2% (61,196  ±6,204) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16.2% 790,145 (±0.5% / ±26,071.2)
  • about double the rate in Arizona: 16.1% 1,161,844 (±0.4% / ±29,906.5)

Social

95.6% ±4.1% (120,416  ±6,759.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 88% 2,939,996 (±0.8% / ±28,017.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 87.6% 4,331,542 (±0.7% / ±34,029)
50.3% ±2.8% (63,284  ±4,186.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 32.2% 1,074,497 (±0.5% / ±15,824.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 30.2% 1,492,158 (±0.4% / ±18,805)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

15.3% ±2.2% (29,908  ±4,265) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 707,563 (±0.3% / ±16,744)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 976,301 (±0.3% / ±19,038)

5.9% ±1.2% (10,060  ±2,104) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.6% 288,643 (±0.2% / ±8,063)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 8.5% 478,354 (±0.2% / ±9,908)
10,060 Total veterans ±2,104 8,500 Male ±1,855 1,560 Female ±940

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