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Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ Urban Area

4,065,338 Population
1,110.5 square miles 3,660.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,767 ±$739 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$85,268 ±$1,460 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.1% ±0.5% (442,923  ±21,413) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.9 minutes ±0.3 (42,528,444  ±813,765) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

1,586,873 ±10,815 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (4,002,651  ±24,369) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.5% ±0.4% (44,169  ±4,165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

1,735,003 ±7,191 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$467,000 ±$3,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.2% ±0.5% (571,315  ±21,899.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.3% ±0.9% (2,538,001  ±28,310.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
37.9% ±0.6% (1,065,121  ±17,074.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

24.6% ±0.9% (945,122  ±33,836.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

14.3% ±0.4% (580,970  ±18,151) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.2% ±0.3% (197,317  ±7,972) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
197,317 Total veterans ±7,972 177,933 Male ±7,280 19,384 Female ±2,471

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