Avondale vs Buckeye

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale and Buckeye: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buckeye has the higher population (99,844 vs 90,644 in Avondale). Buckeye has the higher median household income ($98,778 vs $81,260 in Avondale). Buckeye has the higher median home value ($384,100 vs $348,700 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Buckeye
Population	90,644	99,844
Median age	32.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,260	$98,778
Median home value	$348,700	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,731	$1,742
Housing units	30,829	32,787
Homeownership rate	61.6%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Buckeye
Population	84,736 → 90,644 (+7.0%)	69,744 → 99,844 (+43.2%)
Median household income	$61,825 → $81,260 (+31.4%)	$71,707 → $98,778 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $348,700 (+62.1%)	$222,700 → $384,100 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,731 (+46.1%)	$1,246 → $1,742 (+39.8%)

Avondale

Population

84,73690,644

Median household income

$61,825$81,260

Median home value

$215,100$348,700

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,731

Buckeye

Population

69,74499,844

Median household income

$71,707$98,778

Median home value

$222,700$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,246$1,742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Buckeye
Under 5	7.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.2%
75 and over	3.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Buckeye
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	44.5%
Black or African American	10.2%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.1%
Asian	3.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	54.2%	43.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Buckeye
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Buckeye
Drove alone	72.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	17.5%
Other means	2.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Buckeye
1-unit, detached	74.5%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Buckeye
Poverty rate	10.9%	6.8%
Average household size	3.08	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	2002	2010