El Mirage vs Queen Creek

A side-by-side comparison of El Mirage and Queen Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

El Mirage and Queen Creek are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Queen Creek has the higher population (66,369 vs 35,823 in El Mirage). Queen Creek has the higher median household income ($134,719 vs $74,764 in El Mirage). Queen Creek has the higher median home value ($576,600 vs $282,000 in El Mirage).

Population, income & housing

	El Mirage	Queen Creek
Population	35,823	66,369
Median age	32.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,764	$134,719
Median home value	$282,000	$576,600
Median gross rent	$1,682	$2,176
Housing units	11,896	21,724
Homeownership rate	69.7%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Mirage	Queen Creek
Population	35,333 → 35,823 (+1.4%)	43,129 → 66,369 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$58,216 → $74,764 (+28.4%)	$105,729 → $134,719 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $282,000 (+75.4%)	$348,600 → $576,600 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,682 (+37.0%)	$1,590 → $2,176 (+36.9%)

El Mirage

Population

35,33335,823

Median household income

$58,216$74,764

Median home value

$160,800$282,000

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,682

Queen Creek

Population

43,12966,369

Median household income

$105,729$134,719

Median home value

$348,600$576,600

Median gross rent

$1,590$2,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Mirage	Queen Creek
Under 5	8.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	23.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.5%
75 and over	4.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Mirage	Queen Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	34.9%	72.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.5%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	49.9%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Mirage	Queen Creek
No high school diploma	19.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	31.7%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Mirage	Queen Creek
Drove alone	72.2%	63.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.4%	24.2%
Other means	2.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Mirage	Queen Creek
1-unit, detached	85.5%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	El Mirage	Queen Creek
Poverty rate	13.5%	3.6%
Average household size	3.22	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	2004	2011