Chandler vs Tempe

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

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

Chandler has the higher population (278,123 vs 186,419 in Tempe). Chandler has the higher median household income ($103,691 vs $77,643 in Tempe). Chandler has the higher median home value ($469,800 vs $421,900 in Tempe).

Population, income & housing

	Chandler	Tempe
Population	278,123	186,419
Median age	37.4 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$103,691	$77,643
Median home value	$469,800	$421,900
Median gross rent	$1,806	$1,623
Housing units	111,444	84,664
Homeownership rate	65.6%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chandler	Tempe
Population	252,692 → 278,123 (+10.1%)	187,454 → 186,419 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$82,925 → $103,691 (+25.0%)	$57,994 → $77,643 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$300,800 → $469,800 (+56.2%)	$272,900 → $421,900 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,312 → $1,806 (+37.7%)	$1,164 → $1,623 (+39.4%)

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

Tempe

Population

187,454186,419

Median household income

$57,994$77,643

Median home value

$272,900$421,900

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chandler	Tempe
Under 5	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	22.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	23.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.1%
75 and over	5.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chandler	Tempe
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	52.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	1.7%
Asian	11.3%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chandler	Tempe
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	16.2%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chandler	Tempe
Drove alone	65.5%	60.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.6%	3.3%
Walked	0.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.4%
Worked from home	22.7%	19.4%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chandler	Tempe
1-unit, detached	68.2%	38.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	17.5%
20 or more units	8.9%	24.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Chandler	Tempe
Poverty rate	7.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1997	1983