City safety & data profile

TempeAZ

Tempe, AZ is a 176K-resident city in Maricopa County with a median household income of $79,663.

Maricopa County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Tempe, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Tempe has a population larger than 97% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $455,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

176K
Population (place)
Top 3%
By size
$79,663
Median income (place)
$455,400
Median home (place)
15.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Tempe

Tempe posts a median household income higher than 49% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Tempe area.

Bottom 50%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Tempe

Where Tempe income ranks nationally

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

$79,663 Bottom 49% higher than 49% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Tempe $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 Tempe, AZ beyond the headline numbers

Tempe sits inside Maricopa County, Arizona, at roughly 33.41°N, -111.91°W. Population 175,826, $79,663 median household income. Median home value $455,400, median rent $1,743. Poverty rate 15.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Tempe, 0 with an ER.

Poverty in Tempe, AZ stands at 15.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Tempe costs around 5.7 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.

21.2% of Tempe 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, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 23.5% in Tempe, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

3.4% of Tempe workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Tempe's median age is 30 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Tempe 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)
175,826
Tempe · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$79,663
-11% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$455,400
+10% vs avg
Median Age (place)
30
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Maricopa County): Tempe'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 Tempe, AZ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,743/mo
Poverty Rate
15.8% +27% vs avg
Unemployment 5.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 50%
Work From Home 21.2%
Public Transit 3.4%

Population

White 57%
African American 7.1%
Asian 9.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.9%
Obesity
27.2%
High Blood Pressure
23.5%
Binge Drinking
18.3%
Physical Inactivity
16.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.7%
Current Asthma
10.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.6%
Current Smoking
9.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.1%
Annual Checkup 69.6%

Other Measures

Diabetes
7.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
3.8%
Stroke
2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Tempe?

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

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Sheet AZ-TEMPE · Tempe

Tempe: 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 Tempe; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arizona state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Tempe, AZ? ▼
Tempe, AZ has a population of 175,826 people, located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
What is the median household income in Tempe? ▼
The median household income in Tempe, AZ is $79,663 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.8%.
What is the median home value in Tempe? ▼
The median home value in Tempe, AZ is $455,400. Median rent is $1,743/month.
What are the top health concerns in Tempe? ▼
The top health indicators in Tempe include Short Sleep Duration (34.9%), Obesity (27.2%), High Blood Pressure (23.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Tempe? ▼
Tempe has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Tempe? ▼
The median age in Tempe, AZ is 30 years. 50% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (15.8% here).

Indianapolis, IN 15.8% Amarillo, TX 15.8% Fort Collins, CO 15.8% Denton, TX 15.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($79,663 here).

Long Branch, NJ $79,653 Brandon, FL $79,685 Live Oak, TX $79,696 Garfield, NJ $79,700

Compare Tempe 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.

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Nearby Cities 8

Tempe Junction, AZ 158K Mesa, AZ 472K Scottsdale, AZ 237K Ahwatukee Foothills, AZ 83K Paradise Valley, AZ 14K Chandler, AZ 261K Gilbert, AZ 248K Central City, AZ 58K
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Using Tempe'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 Tempe 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 Tempe 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.