Circle City vs Maricopa Colony

A side-by-side comparison of Circle City and Maricopa Colony: population, income, housing, and more.

Circle City and Maricopa Colony are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Circle City has the higher population (857 vs 723 in Maricopa Colony). Maricopa Colony has the higher median household income ($35,833 vs $34,056 in Circle City). Since 2019, Circle City's population has grown faster (+26.0% vs +19.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Circle City	Maricopa Colony
Population	857	723
Median age	41.7 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,056	$35,833
Median home value	$164,600	—
Median gross rent	$925	—
Housing units	363	155
Homeownership rate	76.3%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Circle City	Maricopa Colony
Population	680 → 857 (+26.0%)	607 → 723 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$27,302 → $34,056 (+24.7%)	$39,464 → $35,833 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $164,600 (+113.8%)	$88,900 → $168,200 (+89.2%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $925 (+0.4%)	—

Circle City

Population

680857

Median household income

$27,302$34,056

Median home value

$77,000$164,600

Median gross rent

$921$925

Maricopa Colony

Population

607723

Median household income

$39,464$35,833

Median home value

$88,900$168,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Circle City	Maricopa Colony
Under 5	8.9%	17.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	15.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	4.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	24.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.6%
75 and over	7.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Circle City	Maricopa Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	95.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Circle City	Maricopa Colony
No high school diploma	14.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Circle City	Maricopa Colony
Drove alone	59.9%	68.8%
Carpooled	18.2%	31.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	21.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Circle City	Maricopa Colony
1-unit, detached	59.0%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Circle City	Maricopa Colony
Poverty rate	23.5%	56.4%
Average household size	2.36	4.82
Mean commute (minutes)	42	17
Median year structure built	1988	2004