Avondale vs Surprise

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

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

Surprise has the higher population (149,519 vs 90,644 in Avondale). Surprise has the higher median household income ($93,371 vs $81,260 in Avondale). Surprise has the higher median home value ($396,000 vs $348,700 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Surprise
Population	90,644	149,519
Median age	32.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,260	$93,371
Median home value	$348,700	$396,000
Median gross rent	$1,731	$1,917
Housing units	30,829	60,356
Homeownership rate	61.6%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Surprise
Population	84,736 → 90,644 (+7.0%)	135,450 → 149,519 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$61,825 → $81,260 (+31.4%)	$69,076 → $93,371 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $348,700 (+62.1%)	$239,500 → $396,000 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,731 (+46.1%)	$1,349 → $1,917 (+42.1%)

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

Surprise

Population

135,450149,519

Median household income

$69,076$93,371

Median home value

$239,500$396,000

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Surprise
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.2%
75 and over	3.2%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Surprise
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	66.9%
Black or African American	10.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	54.2%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Surprise
No high school diploma	15.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	28.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Surprise
Drove alone	72.1%	70.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.9%	17.6%
Other means	2.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Surprise
1-unit, detached	74.5%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	9.8%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Surprise
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	2002	2004