City safety & data profile

Fountain HillsAZ

Fountain Hills, AZ is a 24K-resident city in Maricopa County with a median household income of $112,654.

Maricopa County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fountain Hills, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fountain Hills has a population larger than 53% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $622,900.

Data updated 2026-09-03

24K
Population (place)
Top 47%
By size
$112,654
Median income (place)
$622,900
Median home (place)
6.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Fountain Hills

Fountain Hills posts a median household income higher than 78% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 22%
by median income, US cities

Where Fountain Hills income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$112,654 Top 22% higher than 78% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fountain Hills $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-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.

residents

What this shows Phoenix is the largest AZ city on this list; Paradise Valley leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AZ

Median household income among the same 66-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Paradise Valley posts the highest place-level median income in AZ; Phoenix is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Fountain Hills, AZ beyond the headline numbers

Fountain Hills sits inside Maricopa County, Arizona, at roughly 33.61°N, -111.72°W. Population 23,899, $112,654 median household income. Median home value $622,900, median rent $1,890. Poverty rate 6.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6.2% of Fountain Hills, AZ residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Fountain Hills costs around 5.5 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

30.5% of Fountain Hills 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, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 11% in Fountain Hills, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Fountain Hills workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 61.5 years, Fountain Hills's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fountain Hills 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.

Population (place)
23,899
Fountain Hills · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$112,654
+26% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$622,900
+51% vs avg
Median Age (place)
61.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Maricopa County): Fountain Hills'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.

20132024
Population
4.6M+17%
Median Income
$89,300+67%
Median Home Value
$452,800+157%
Poverty Rate
11%-34%
Unemployment
4.5%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fountain Hills, AZ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,890/mo
Poverty Rate
6.2% -50% vs avg
Unemployment 5.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 50.4%
Work From Home 30.5%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 89.4%
African American 2.3%
Asian 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
40%
Short Sleep Duration
28.4%
Obesity
27%
Physical Inactivity
16.9%
Binge Drinking
12.2%
Diabetes
12.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
11%
Current Asthma
9.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 73.4%
Annual Checkup 81.8%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
8%
Lack of Health Insurance
5.4%
Stroke
4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Fountain Hills?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fountain Hills right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet AZ-FOUNTAIN-HILLS · Fountain Hills

Fountain Hills: 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

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Fountain Hills, AZ? ▼
Fountain Hills, AZ has a population of 23,899 people, located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
What is the median household income in Fountain Hills? ▼
The median household income in Fountain Hills, AZ is $112,654 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.2%.
What is the median home value in Fountain Hills? ▼
The median home value in Fountain Hills, AZ is $622,900. Median rent is $1,890/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fountain Hills? ▼
The top health indicators in Fountain Hills include High Blood Pressure (40%), Short Sleep Duration (28.4%), Obesity (27%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Fountain Hills? ▼
The median age in Fountain Hills, AZ is 61.5 years. 50.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fountain Hills, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (6.2% here).

Broomfield, CO 6.2% Royal Oak, MI 6.2% La Mirada, CA 6.2% Sayreville, NJ 6.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($112,654 here).

San Lorenzo, CA $112,660 Riviera Beach, MD $112,672 Somerset, MA $112,677 Shoreline, WA $112,751

Compare Fountain Hills with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Scottsdale, AZ 237K Mesa, AZ 472K Paradise Valley, AZ 14K Apache Junction, AZ 38K Gilbert, AZ 248K Tempe, AZ 176K Tempe Junction, AZ 158K Chandler, AZ 261K
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Using Fountain Hills'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 Fountain Hills 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 Fountain Hills 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.