Buckeye vs Queen Creek

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

Buckeye and Queen Creek 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 66,369 in Queen Creek). Queen Creek has the higher median household income ($134,719 vs $98,778 in Buckeye). Queen Creek has the higher median home value ($576,600 vs $384,100 in Buckeye).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye	Queen Creek
Population	99,844	66,369
Median age	35.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$98,778	$134,719
Median home value	$384,100	$576,600
Median gross rent	$1,742	$2,176
Housing units	32,787	21,724
Homeownership rate	86.1%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye	Queen Creek
Population	69,744 → 99,844 (+43.2%)	43,129 → 66,369 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$71,707 → $98,778 (+37.8%)	$105,729 → $134,719 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$222,700 → $384,100 (+72.5%)	$348,600 → $576,600 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,246 → $1,742 (+39.8%)	$1,590 → $2,176 (+36.9%)

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

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)

	Buckeye	Queen Creek
Under 5	8.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.5%
75 and over	4.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye	Queen Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	72.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.0%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye	Queen Creek
No high school diploma	10.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	27.8%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye	Queen Creek
Drove alone	69.9%	63.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.5%	24.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeye	Queen Creek
1-unit, detached	93.5%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye	Queen Creek
Poverty rate	6.8%	3.6%
Average household size	3.11	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	2010	2011