Carefree vs Guadalupe

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

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

Guadalupe has the higher population (5,293 vs 3,672 in Carefree). Carefree has the higher median household income ($141,331 vs $58,507 in Guadalupe). Carefree has the higher median home value ($1,066,600 vs $233,500 in Guadalupe).

Population, income & housing

	Carefree	Guadalupe
Population	3,672	5,293
Median age	64.5 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$141,331	$58,507
Median home value	$1,066,600	$233,500
Median gross rent	$1,685	$783
Housing units	2,371	1,687
Homeownership rate	91.1%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carefree	Guadalupe
Population	3,811 → 3,672 (-3.6%)	6,482 → 5,293 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$79,152 → $141,331 (+78.6%)	$38,125 → $58,507 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$747,000 → $1,066,600 (+42.8%)	$100,100 → $233,500 (+133.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,446 → $1,685 (+16.5%)	$640 → $783 (+22.3%)

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

Guadalupe

Population

6,4825,293

Median household income

$38,125$58,507

Median home value

$100,100$233,500

Median gross rent

$640$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carefree	Guadalupe
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	2.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	3.0%	19.8%
35 to 44	3.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	27.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	21.5%	7.0%
75 and over	26.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carefree	Guadalupe
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	2.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	15.9%
Asian	1.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	78.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carefree	Guadalupe
No high school diploma	0.7%	29.6%
High school graduate	10.3%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carefree	Guadalupe
Drove alone	44.3%	70.5%
Carpooled	1.6%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.1%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	50.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carefree	Guadalupe
1-unit, detached	80.9%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	7.9%
20 or more units	3.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Carefree	Guadalupe
Poverty rate	11.8%	22.3%
Average household size	1.94	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1989	1990