Chandler vs Phoenix

A side-by-side comparison of Chandler and Phoenix: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Phoenix has the higher population (1,624,832 vs 278,123 in Chandler). Chandler has the higher median household income ($103,691 vs $77,041 in Phoenix). Chandler has the higher median home value ($469,800 vs $381,900 in Phoenix).

Population, income & housing

	Chandler	Phoenix
Population	278,123	1,624,832
Median age	37.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,691	$77,041
Median home value	$469,800	$381,900
Median gross rent	$1,806	$1,458
Housing units	111,444	642,867
Homeownership rate	65.6%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chandler	Phoenix
Population	252,692 → 278,123 (+10.1%)	1,633,017 → 1,624,832 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$82,925 → $103,691 (+25.0%)	$57,459 → $77,041 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$300,800 → $469,800 (+56.2%)	$235,400 → $381,900 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,312 → $1,806 (+37.7%)	$1,053 → $1,458 (+38.5%)

Chandler

Population

252,692278,123

Median household income

$82,925$103,691

Median home value

$300,800$469,800

Median gross rent

$1,312$1,806

Phoenix

Population

1,633,0171,624,832

Median household income

$57,459$77,041

Median home value

$235,400$381,900

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,458

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chandler	Phoenix
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.4%
75 and over	5.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chandler	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	41.3%
Black or African American	5.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	1.4%
Asian	11.3%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	41.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chandler	Phoenix
No high school diploma	6.3%	15.6%
High school graduate	16.2%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chandler	Phoenix
Drove alone	65.5%	66.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.9%
Public transit	0.6%	2.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.7%	16.9%
Other means	1.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chandler	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	68.2%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	10.9%
20 or more units	8.9%	15.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Chandler	Phoenix
Poverty rate	7.7%	14.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1997	1984