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Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

5,015,678 Population
14,568.7 square miles 344.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$42,286 ±$581 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $39,819 ±$529
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$82,884 ±$1,345 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $74,568 ±$932
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

10.8% ±0.5% (532,600  ±23,389) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 897,852 (±0.4% / ±29,780)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25.8 minutes ±0.2 (49,364,752  ±732,819) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 24.9 68,618,530 (±0.3 / ±912,514)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,890,835 ±9,200 Number of households
  • Arizona: 2,850,377 ±11,519
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0 (4,928,848  ±1,083) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 † 7,204,265 (±194.9 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±0.4% (61,146  ±5,185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 5.2% 86,548 (±0.4% / ±6,251)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

2,063,233 ±493 Number of housing units
  • Arizona: 3,186,554 ±496
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$454,000 ±$3,618 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $402,800 ±$3,573
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.8% ±0.5% (683,990  ±25,266.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 14% 1,020,384 (±0.4% / ±30,088.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

89.4% ±0.9% (3,059,125  ±29,433.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.2% 4,505,408 (±0.7% / ±36,168.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
34.9% ±0.5% (1,192,851  ±18,072.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 33% 1,666,139 (±0.4% / ±21,410.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

25.8% ±0.5% (1,221,392  ±23,425.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 26.2% 1,822,947 (±0.3% / ±23,994.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

14.1% ±1,561% (706,866  ±18,156) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.1% † 962,688 (±987.5% / ±20,864)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

7% ±0.2% (273,944  ±7,395) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 454,620 (±0.2% / ±10,778)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
273,944 Total veterans ±7,395 243,797 Male ±6,599 30,147 Female ±3,071

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