Population: 217,705
Elevation: 1255 feet
County: Maricopa
Land area: 184.2 square miles
Zip codes: 85250..85252, 85254..85262, 85266, 85267, 85271. Median resident age: 41.0 years Median household income: $57,484 Median house value: $220,800
Races in Scottsdale:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.0%)
- Hispanic (7.0%)
- Other race (2.3%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Black (1.2%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (20.6%), Irish (14.1%), English (13.4%), Italian (8.5%), United States (4.5%), Polish (4.4%).
For population 25 years and over in Scottsdale
- High school or higher: 93.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 44.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 14.7%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.3 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Scottsdale city
- Never married: 23.7%
- Now married: 55.9%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 6.6%
- Divorced: 12.5%
9.5% Foreign born (2.9% Europe, 2.8% Latin America, 2.0% Asia, 1.4% North America).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (13.1 miles, pop. 1,321,045).
Nearest cities: Paradise Valley, AZ (5.2 miles),
Fountain Hills, AZ (11.5 miles),
Phoenix, AZ (13.1 miles),
Tempe, AZ (14.2 miles),
Carefree, AZ (15.8 miles),
Mesa, AZ (16.1 miles),
Guadalupe, AZ (16.1 miles),
Cave Creek, AZ (17.2 miles).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1996: 3096 buildings, average cost: $158,300
- 1997: 3396 buildings, average cost: $129,000
- 1998: 2748 buildings, average cost: $132,000
- 1999: 3239 buildings, average cost: $136,700
- 2000: 2542 buildings, average cost: $143,800
- 2001: 1672 buildings, average cost: $246,500
- 2002: 1328 buildings, average cost: $158,100
- 2003: 1167 buildings, average cost: $164,200
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (16.1%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (15.1%), Finance,insurance,real estate,and rental and leasing (13.5%), Retail trade (12.8%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (11.3%).
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