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Scottsdale, AZ

Maricopa County

City in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

Population
246,170 (2024)
Density
1,338 / sq mi
Land area
184.0 sq mi
Water area
0.4 sq mi
Elevation
1,247 ft
Founded
1894
Coordinates
33.6843, -111.8614

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Climate

July average high
104°F
January average low
43°F
Annual rainfall
8.7 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 67° 43° Jan 1.1"
  2. 69° 46° Feb 1.2"
  3. 76° 52° Mar 1.1"
  4. 83° 58° Apr 0.3"
  5. 92° 67° May 0.2"
  6. 102° 76° Jun 0.1"
  7. 104° 83° Jul 0.9"
  8. 103° 82° Aug 0.8"
  9. 98° 75° Sep 0.6"
  10. 87° 63° Oct 0.6"
  11. 75° 51° Nov 0.8"
  12. 65° 43° Dec 1.0"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Scottsdale Muni Ap (10 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Scottsdale ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$107,372
Median rent
$1,910 / mo
Median home value
$709,900
Median age
49.2
Unemployment
3.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
61.5%
Poverty rate
7.1%
Renter-occupied homes
32.4%

Public schools

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

Public schools
57
Students enrolled
31,371
Students per teacher
16.1 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
18.2%
Charter schools
21.1%
School districts serving the city
17

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Districts: Scottsdale Unified District (4240), Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), Cave Creek Unified District (4244), East Valley Institute Of Technology (4516), Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community Schools (4320)

Health & wellbeing

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

Adults with obesity
26.4%
No leisure-time physical activity
13.5%
Adults with diabetes
7.1%
Adults who smoke
7.9%
Frequent mental distress
13.8%
Sleeping under 7 hours
32.0%
Adults without health insurance
6.8%
Routine checkup in past year
72.9%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
41.9%
Share of city that is parkland
30.5%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
8.0
Median air quality index (county)
73
Unhealthy air days (county)
38

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
96.0%
Households with no internet
3.1%
Average commute
21.7 min
Work from home
29.0%
Commute by transit
0.4%
Commute on foot
1.7%
Commute by bike
0.7%

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

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 85250
  • 85251
  • 85253
  • 85254
  • 85255
  • 85257
  • 85258
  • 85259
  • 85260
  • 85262
  • 85266