Avondale vs El Mirage

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

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

Avondale has the higher population (90,644 vs 35,823 in El Mirage). Avondale has the higher median household income ($81,260 vs $74,764 in El Mirage). Avondale has the higher median home value ($348,700 vs $282,000 in El Mirage).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	El Mirage
Population	90,644	35,823
Median age	32.4 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,260	$74,764
Median home value	$348,700	$282,000
Median gross rent	$1,731	$1,682
Housing units	30,829	11,896
Homeownership rate	61.6%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	El Mirage
Population	84,736 → 90,644 (+7.0%)	35,333 → 35,823 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$61,825 → $81,260 (+31.4%)	$58,216 → $74,764 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $348,700 (+62.1%)	$160,800 → $282,000 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,731 (+46.1%)	$1,228 → $1,682 (+37.0%)

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

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)

	Avondale	El Mirage
Under 5	7.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.6%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	5.8%
75 and over	3.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	El Mirage
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	34.9%
Black or African American	10.2%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.7%
Asian	3.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	54.2%	49.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	El Mirage
No high school diploma	15.1%	19.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	El Mirage
Drove alone	72.1%	72.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.9%	13.4%
Other means	2.6%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	El Mirage
1-unit, detached	74.5%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	9.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	El Mirage
Poverty rate	10.9%	13.5%
Average household size	3.08	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	2002	2004