Anthem vs El Mirage

A side-by-side comparison of Anthem and El Mirage: population, income, housing, and more.

Anthem and El Mirage are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

El Mirage has the higher population (35,823 vs 22,622 in Anthem). Anthem has the higher median household income ($117,846 vs $74,764 in El Mirage). Anthem has the higher median home value ($516,200 vs $282,000 in El Mirage).

Population, income & housing

	Anthem	El Mirage
Population	22,622	35,823
Median age	44.5 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$117,846	$74,764
Median home value	$516,200	$282,000
Median gross rent	$2,258	$1,682
Housing units	9,541	11,896
Homeownership rate	84.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthem	El Mirage
Population	22,468 → 22,622 (+0.7%)	35,333 → 35,823 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$102,719 → $117,846 (+14.7%)	$58,216 → $74,764 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$346,800 → $516,200 (+48.8%)	$160,800 → $282,000 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $2,258 (+39.1%)	$1,228 → $1,682 (+37.0%)

Anthem

Population

22,46822,622

Median household income

$102,719$117,846

Median home value

$346,800$516,200

Median gross rent

$1,623$2,258

El Mirage

Population

35,33335,823

Median household income

$58,216$74,764

Median home value

$160,800$282,000

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthem	El Mirage
Under 5	5.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	5.8%
75 and over	8.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthem	El Mirage
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	34.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	49.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthem	El Mirage
No high school diploma	2.6%	19.2%
High school graduate	16.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthem	El Mirage
Drove alone	63.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	28.9%	13.4%
Other means	2.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthem	El Mirage
1-unit, detached	93.8%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Anthem	El Mirage
Poverty rate	2.9%	13.5%
Average household size	2.60	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	2004	2004