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SheetAZ-AVONDALE-AZ · Avondale, AZ 90,644 pop · income 63rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Avondale
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Avondale on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lawton · lowest
53,588
Lawton · lowest
53,588 median HH income
47.8% of the leader · rank #1
Meadow Lakes · near
81,250
Meadow Lakes · near
81,250 median HH income
72.4% of the leader · rank #2
March ARB · near
81,250
March ARB · near
81,250 median HH income
72.4% of the leader · rank #3
Plymouth · near
81,250
Plymouth · near
81,250 median HH income
72.4% of the leader · rank #4
Ardentown · near
81,250
Ardentown · near
81,250 median HH income
72.4% of the leader · rank #5
Avondale · this city
81,260
Avondale · this city
81,260 median HH income
72.5% of the leader · rank #6
Germantown · highest
112,149
Germantown · highest
112,149 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Avondale on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 90,644.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Avondale - the verdict
Avondale ranks in the 63rd percentile for household income and the 21st percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
63rd
percentile, household income
72nd
percentile, home value
64th
percentile, median rent
21st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Avondale, AZ
90,644 people live in Avondale, Arizona - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Avondale report a median income of $81,260 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.6%. Home values in Avondale run a median of $348,700, and the median resident age is 32.4 years. Educational attainment runs 21.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 65.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 1,555 residential building permits were authorized in Avondale (Building Boom), up 1395% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2610.9 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Arizona tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Arizona at 100.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,419 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Arizona's average monthly utility costs around $215 (state average). Commute times here average 24.1 minutes, with 72.1% driving alone and 13.9% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 84.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Avondale's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to reported crime to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Avondale, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Avondale growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +11,446 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +12.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1,555 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Avondale?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Which cities make useful reference points for Avondale?
Within Arizona, the closest population matches are Yuma (98,461 residents, $62,546 income); Buckeye (99,844 residents, $98,778 income); Goodyear (102,891 residents, $101,814 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hemet, CA (90,646 residents); Lawton, OK (90,662 residents); Indio, CA (90,669 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What does the journey to work look like in Avondale?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 24.1 minutes.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Avondale?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2610.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 14% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
2241.0
Violent rate
369.8
Total reported rate
2610.9
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
The NCES join finds 8 public schools within the city match. 21.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
8
Bachelor's degree+
21.2%
Poverty estimate
8.6%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 8.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.7 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
D
City profile score · Avondale, AZ
42/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income C+
$81,260
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
21.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
100.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime F
370 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Avondale profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 61/100 (C+) · $81,260
Poverty rate: 45/100 (D) · 8.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 38/100 (F) · 21.2%
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
Violent crime: 24/100 (F) · 370 /100k
Where Avondale sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Avondale's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Avondale highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Avondale, AZ (this city): home $348,700, crime 2,611/100k
Hemet, CA : home $314,200, crime 2,059/100k
Lawton, OK : home $134,200, crime 3,473/100k
Nashua, NH : home $373,100, crime 1,422/100k
Yuma, AZ : home $209,100, crime 1,671/100k
Buckeye, AZ : home $384,100, crime 938/100k
Goodyear, AZ : home $441,900, crime 1,645/100k
Flagstaff, AZ : home $503,400, crime 2,695/100k
How does Avondale compare to other US cities?
Where Avondale sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income63% higher than other cities
Home value72% pricier than other cities
Median rent64% pricier than other cities
Safety21% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Arizona, Avondale ranks #44 of 61 Arizona cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Avondale against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arizona only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arizona-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Avondale near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Avondale ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Avondale only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#61 of 333
82nd percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Median Home Value
#67 of 327
80th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#204 of 393
48th percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#132 of 394
66th percentile in Arizona
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arizona only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
63rd percentile nationally for median household income · 21st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Avondale's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Avondale's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Avondale's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$348,70028th percentilemore affordable than 28% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Avondale's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,495 of 15,516
More affordable than 26% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#360 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 4.3×, Avondale sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,495 of 15,516 and #360 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$81,260Avondale, AZ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Avondale, AZ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Avondale, AZ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
90,644
Median Income
$81,260
Median Home Value
$348,700
Median Age
32.4
Poverty Rate
8.6%
Labor force participation
65.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2610.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
369.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2241.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
8
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Avondale's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
89,537 residents
2021
90,428 residents
2022
91,384 residents
2023
93,586 residents
2024
96,646 residents
2025
100,983 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
1,555
housing units authorized
Single-Family
749
detached homes
Multifamily
806
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
17.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
104
104
0
$28.6M
2020
903
549
354
$201.5M
2021
743
741
2
$214.3M
2022
2,779
1,393
1,386
$507.5M
2023
1,893
844
1,049
$351.6M
2024
1,555
749
806
$348.3M
Permit volume increased 1395% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
24.1 minutes
Drive Alone
72.1%
Carpool
10.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
13.9%
Other
2.9%
Based on 44,607 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Arizona statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $215
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arizona at $215 (electricity about $131 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Arizona statewide averages, not a meter reading for Avondale. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Arizona's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.7 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Avondale is $1,419/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arizona statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 84.5 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Arizona statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Avondale sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Avondale compares to similar-size Arizona cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.