City safety & data profile
BuckeyeAZ
Buckeye, AZ is a 51K-resident city in Maricopa County with a median household income of $99,486.
Maricopa County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Buckeye, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Buckeye has a population larger than 79% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $419,800, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 51K
- Population (place)
- Top 21%
- By size
- $99,486
- Median income (place)
- $419,800
- Median home (place)
- 8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Buckeye
Buckeye posts a median household income higher than 69% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Buckeye area.
- Top 31%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Buckeye
Composite score · Buckeye, AZ
50/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary) — every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Where Buckeye income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$99,486 Top 31% higher than 69% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in AZ
Population among 66 AZ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
1,650,070 residents
- Tucson 542,629
Tucson, AZ
542,629 residents
- Mesa 471,825
Mesa, AZ
471,825 residents
- Chandler 260,828
Chandler, AZ
260,828 residents
- Gilbert 247,542
Gilbert, AZ
247,542 residents
- Glendale 240,126
Glendale, AZ
240,126 residents
- Scottsdale 236,839
Scottsdale, AZ
236,839 residents
- Peoria 190,985
Peoria, AZ
190,985 residents
- Tempe 175,826
Tempe, AZ
175,826 residents
- Surprise 143,148
Surprise, AZ
143,148 residents
What this shows Phoenix is the largest AZ city on this list; Paradise Valley leads median income.
Highest median incomes in AZ
Median household income among the same 66-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley, AZ
$247,159 median
- Queen Creek
Queen Creek, AZ
$141,978 median
- New River
New River, AZ
$134,289 median
- Vail
Vail, AZ
$130,904 median
- Gilbert
Gilbert, AZ
$122,551 median
- Tanque Verde
Tanque Verde, AZ
$121,599 median
- Anthem
Anthem, AZ
$120,613 median
- Catalina Foothills
Catalina Foothills, AZ
$115,304 median
- Fountain Hills
Fountain Hills, AZ
$112,654 median
- Marana
Marana, AZ
$112,606 median
What this shows Paradise Valley posts the highest place-level median income in AZ; Phoenix is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Buckeye, AZ beyond the headline numbers
Buckeye sits inside Maricopa County, Arizona, at roughly 33.37°N, -112.58°W. Population 50,876, $99,486 median household income. Median home value $419,800, median rent $1,963. Poverty rate 8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Buckeye (nearest 10 mi away), 3/5 avg rating, 3 with an ER.
At 8%, poverty in Buckeye, AZ runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
A median home in Buckeye runs about 4.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
19.6% of Buckeye workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.7% in Buckeye, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Buckeye from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Maricopa County): Buckeye's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 8% -35% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 24.8% |
| Work From Home | 19.6% |
| Public Transit | 0.5% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearest Hospitals 5 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
What alerts and safety updates affect Buckeye?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Buckeye right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet AZ-BUCKEYE · Buckeye
Buckeye: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Buckeye; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arizona state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Buckeye, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($99,486 here).
Compare Buckeye with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Buckeye's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Buckeye area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Buckeye against Arizona peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arizona
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Maricopa County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.