Carefree vs Rio Verde

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

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

Carefree has the higher population (3,672 vs 2,271 in Rio Verde). Carefree has the higher median household income ($141,331 vs $141,020 in Rio Verde). Carefree has the higher median home value ($1,066,600 vs $728,300 in Rio Verde).

Population, income & housing

	Carefree	Rio Verde
Population	3,672	2,271
Median age	64.5 yrs	72.0 yrs
Median household income	$141,331	$141,020
Median home value	$1,066,600	$728,300
Median gross rent	$1,685	—
Housing units	2,371	1,861
Homeownership rate	91.1%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	68.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carefree	Rio Verde
Population	3,811 → 3,672 (-3.6%)	2,180 → 2,271 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$79,152 → $141,331 (+78.6%)	$98,846 → $141,020 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$747,000 → $1,066,600 (+42.8%)	$493,200 → $728,300 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,446 → $1,685 (+16.5%)	—

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

Rio Verde

Population

2,1802,271

Median household income

$98,846$141,020

Median home value

$493,200$728,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carefree	Rio Verde
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	2.6%
55 to 64	27.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	21.5%	50.1%
75 and over	26.4%	36.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carefree	Rio Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carefree	Rio Verde
No high school diploma	0.7%	0.4%
High school graduate	10.3%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	49.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carefree	Rio Verde
Drove alone	44.3%	35.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	50.9%	65.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carefree	Rio Verde
1-unit, detached	80.9%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carefree	Rio Verde
Poverty rate	11.8%	3.4%
Average household size	1.94	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1989	1994