Chandler, AZ

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Chandler ranks

• #6 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 95.4
• #7 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 84.3
• #31 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 59.5
• #59 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 46.0
• #61 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 36.8
• #88 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 20.9
• #89 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 6.9
• #94 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 17.9

Local facts

Median household income

$103,691

Median rent

$1,806 / mo

Median home value

$469,800

Median age

37.4

Unemployment

3.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher

46.8%

Poverty rate

7.7%

Renter-occupied homes

34.4%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

70

Students enrolled

54,002

Students per teacher

17.8 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

31.0%

Charter schools

28.6%

School districts serving the city

25

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Districts: Chandler Unified District #80 (4242), Kyrene Elementary District (4267), Mesa Unified District (4235), East Valley Institute Of Technology (4516), Montessori Day Public Schools Chartered Inc. (4359)

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

27.7%

No leisure-time physical activity

17.1%

Adults with diabetes

8.6%

Adults who smoke

9.2%

Frequent mental distress

14.3%

Sleeping under 7 hours

34.6%

Adults without health insurance

10.0%

Routine checkup in past year

72.7%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

59.5%

Share of city that is parkland

3.9%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

11.8

Median air quality index (county)

73

Unhealthy air days (county)

38

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

95.6%

Households with no internet

3.0%

Average commute

24.2 min

Work from home

22.7%

Commute by transit

0.6%

Commute on foot

0.9%

Commute by bike

0.3%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Maricopa County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 10 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Heat wave: very high
• Riverine flooding: very high
• Wildfire: relatively high
• Hail: very high

ZIP codes

• 85224
• 85225
• 85226
• 85248
• 85249
• 85286