Anthem vs New River

A side-by-side comparison of Anthem and New River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anthem has the higher population (22,622 vs 18,365 in New River). New River has the higher median household income ($120,279 vs $117,846 in Anthem). New River has the higher median home value ($603,700 vs $516,200 in Anthem).

Population, income & housing

	Anthem	New River
Population	22,622	18,365
Median age	44.5 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$117,846	$120,279
Median home value	$516,200	$603,700
Median gross rent	$2,258	$1,837
Housing units	9,541	7,381
Homeownership rate	84.4%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthem	New River
Population	22,468 → 22,622 (+0.7%)	15,910 → 18,365 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$102,719 → $117,846 (+14.7%)	$85,294 → $120,279 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$346,800 → $516,200 (+48.8%)	$376,700 → $603,700 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $2,258 (+39.1%)	$1,968 → $1,837 (-6.7%)

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

New River

Population

15,91018,365

Median household income

$85,294$120,279

Median home value

$376,700$603,700

Median gross rent

$1,968$1,837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthem	New River
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	16.7%	19.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	15.0%
75 and over	8.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthem	New River
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthem	New River
No high school diploma	2.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthem	New River
Drove alone	63.8%	66.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	28.9%	22.4%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthem	New River
1-unit, detached	93.8%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Anthem	New River
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	2004	2002