Carefree vs Citrus Park

A side-by-side comparison of Carefree and Citrus Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Citrus Park has the higher population (5,136 vs 3,672 in Carefree). Carefree has the higher median household income ($141,331 vs $136,653 in Citrus Park). Carefree has the higher median home value ($1,066,600 vs $659,700 in Citrus Park).

Population, income & housing

	Carefree	Citrus Park
Population	3,672	5,136
Median age	64.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$141,331	$136,653
Median home value	$1,066,600	$659,700
Median gross rent	$1,685	$2,823
Housing units	2,371	1,768
Homeownership rate	91.1%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carefree	Citrus Park
Population	3,811 → 3,672 (-3.6%)	5,376 → 5,136 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$79,152 → $141,331 (+78.6%)	$108,750 → $136,653 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$747,000 → $1,066,600 (+42.8%)	$407,400 → $659,700 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,446 → $1,685 (+16.5%)	$1,869 → $2,823 (+51.0%)

Carefree

Population

3,8113,672

Median household income

$79,152$141,331

Median home value

$747,000$1,066,600

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,685

Citrus Park

Population

5,3765,136

Median household income

$108,750$136,653

Median home value

$407,400$659,700

Median gross rent

$1,869$2,823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carefree	Citrus Park
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	2.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	3.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	3.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	27.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	21.5%	13.5%
75 and over	26.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carefree	Citrus Park
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	62.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.7%
Asian	1.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carefree	Citrus Park
No high school diploma	0.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	10.3%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carefree	Citrus Park
Drove alone	44.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	50.9%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carefree	Citrus Park
1-unit, detached	80.9%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Carefree	Citrus Park
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.6%
Average household size	1.94	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1989	2002