Avondale vs Queen Creek

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

Avondale and Queen Creek 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 66,369 in Queen Creek). Queen Creek has the higher median household income ($134,719 vs $81,260 in Avondale). Queen Creek has the higher median home value ($576,600 vs $348,700 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Queen Creek
Population	90,644	66,369
Median age	32.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,260	$134,719
Median home value	$348,700	$576,600
Median gross rent	$1,731	$2,176
Housing units	30,829	21,724
Homeownership rate	61.6%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Queen Creek
Population	84,736 → 90,644 (+7.0%)	43,129 → 66,369 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$61,825 → $81,260 (+31.4%)	$105,729 → $134,719 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $348,700 (+62.1%)	$348,600 → $576,600 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,731 (+46.1%)	$1,590 → $2,176 (+36.9%)

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

Queen Creek

Population

43,12966,369

Median household income

$105,729$134,719

Median home value

$348,600$576,600

Median gross rent

$1,590$2,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Queen Creek
Under 5	7.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.5%
75 and over	3.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Queen Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	72.0%
Black or African American	10.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.3%
Asian	3.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	54.2%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Queen Creek
No high school diploma	15.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Queen Creek
Drove alone	72.1%	63.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.9%	24.2%
Other means	2.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Queen Creek
1-unit, detached	74.5%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	9.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Queen Creek
Poverty rate	10.9%	3.6%
Average household size	3.08	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	2002	2011