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Maricopa County, Arizona

Maricopa County has a population of 4,559,748 and has grown 6.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $452,800, about 5.1 times the county's median household income of $89,300.

Home price
$452,800
Income
$89,300
Population
4,559,748
Unemployment
4.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$452,800county
Median gross rent$1,708county
Median year homes here were built1993county
Share of homes built before 198028.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use3.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,729county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,839county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,583county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,452county
Home insurance / yr$2,344(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living110.7(statewide)
Median household income$89,300county
Family health premium / yr$23,132(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$15,625(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.327(statewide)
Poverty rate11.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home20.8%county
Unemployment rate4.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.7%county
Share of workers employed by government11.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.0%county
Economic output per resident$91,946county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.44%county
Top state income tax2.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.54%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport25595723county
Miles to nearest general aviation field12 micounty
Airports with airline service located here2county
General aviation airfields located here10county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station30 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.1%county
Traffic deaths32.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher36.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.8%county
Public schools in the county1108county
Public school enrollment695886county
Students per full-time teacher18.1county
Elementary schools688county
Middle schools95county
High schools234county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above35county
Share of local colleges that are public32.7%county
Two-year institutions17county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians70county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county53county
Hospitals here with an emergency department29county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter12.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.4%county
Frequent mental distress16.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population4,559,748county
Land area in square miles9,202county
People per square mile of land496.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores493county
Convenience stores219county
Share living far from a food store19.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.6%county
Population change since 2020+6.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age37.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.3%county
Share of households that are one person26.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States14.5%county
Second languages26.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls47.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents60county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents0county
Households that moved in91,952county
Households that moved away86,691county
Average income of arriving households$88,504county
Average income of departing households$78,071county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes17county
Housing units authorised in the latest year31,651county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings45.5%county
Violent crime rate422(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature72.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation8.6 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.78 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F156 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing2 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days305 dayscounty
Average last spring frostFeb 9county
Average first fall frostDec 11county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$170county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh16.4¢county
Household electricity use1,034 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity68.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas28.1%county
Homes heated by propane1.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband93.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk99.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk97.7county
Landslide risk83.9county
Hail risk99.5county
Earthquake risk96.8county
Tornado risk84.0county
Tropical cyclone risk26.6county
Extreme heat risk100.0county
Winter weather risk38.7county
Strong wind risk99.1county
Wildfire risk99.6county

Sports

Major pro teams based here3county
NFL teams based here1county
NBA teams based here1county
MLB teams based here1county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Maricopa County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arizona figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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