Anthem vs Paradise Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Anthem and Paradise Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Anthem and Paradise Valley 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 12,621 in Paradise Valley). Paradise Valley has the higher median household income ($236,250 vs $117,846 in Anthem). Paradise Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $516,200 in Anthem).

Population, income & housing

	Anthem	Paradise Valley
Population	22,622	12,621
Median age	44.5 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,846	$236,250
Median home value	$516,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,258	$3,501
Housing units	9,541	5,748
Homeownership rate	84.4%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	72.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthem	Paradise Valley
Population	22,468 → 22,622 (+0.7%)	14,362 → 12,621 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$102,719 → $117,846 (+14.7%)	$211,393 → $236,250 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$346,800 → $516,200 (+48.8%)	$1,516,200 → $2,000,001 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $2,258 (+39.1%)	$2,547 → $3,501 (+37.5%)

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

Paradise Valley

Population

14,36212,621

Median household income

$211,393$236,250

Median home value

$1,516,200$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,547$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthem	Paradise Valley
Under 5	5.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	17.5%
75 and over	8.6%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthem	Paradise Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	78.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthem	Paradise Valley
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	16.0%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthem	Paradise Valley
Drove alone	63.8%	64.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	28.9%	25.8%
Other means	2.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthem	Paradise Valley
1-unit, detached	93.8%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Anthem	Paradise Valley
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	2004	1985