Anthem vs Fountain Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Anthem and Fountain Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fountain Hills has the higher population (23,768 vs 22,622 in Anthem). Anthem has the higher median household income ($117,846 vs $104,788 in Fountain Hills). Fountain Hills has the higher median home value ($575,200 vs $516,200 in Anthem).

Population, income & housing

	Anthem	Fountain Hills
Population	22,622	23,768
Median age	44.5 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$117,846	$104,788
Median home value	$516,200	$575,200
Median gross rent	$2,258	$1,781
Housing units	9,541	13,309
Homeownership rate	84.4%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthem	Fountain Hills
Population	22,468 → 22,622 (+0.7%)	24,729 → 23,768 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$102,719 → $117,846 (+14.7%)	$85,200 → $104,788 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$346,800 → $516,200 (+48.8%)	$402,100 → $575,200 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $2,258 (+39.1%)	$1,259 → $1,781 (+41.5%)

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

Fountain Hills

Population

24,72923,768

Median household income

$85,200$104,788

Median home value

$402,100$575,200

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthem	Fountain Hills
Under 5	5.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	16.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	22.4%
75 and over	8.6%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthem	Fountain Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	88.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthem	Fountain Hills
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthem	Fountain Hills
Drove alone	63.8%	66.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.9%	28.0%
Other means	2.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthem	Fountain Hills
1-unit, detached	93.8%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	6.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Anthem	Fountain Hills
Poverty rate	2.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	2004	1993