Fountain Hills vs New River

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Hills and New River: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain Hills and New River are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fountain Hills has the higher population (23,768 vs 18,365 in New River). New River has the higher median household income ($120,279 vs $104,788 in Fountain Hills). New River has the higher median home value ($603,700 vs $575,200 in Fountain Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hills	New River
Population	23,768	18,365
Median age	60.8 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,788	$120,279
Median home value	$575,200	$603,700
Median gross rent	$1,781	$1,837
Housing units	13,309	7,381
Homeownership rate	83.3%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hills	New River
Population	24,729 → 23,768 (-3.9%)	15,910 → 18,365 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$85,200 → $104,788 (+23.0%)	$85,294 → $120,279 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$402,100 → $575,200 (+43.0%)	$376,700 → $603,700 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,781 (+41.5%)	$1,968 → $1,837 (-6.7%)

Fountain Hills

Population

24,72923,768

Median household income

$85,200$104,788

Median home value

$402,100$575,200

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,781

New River

Population

15,91018,365

Median household income

$85,294$120,279

Median home value

$376,700$603,700

Median gross rent

$1,968$1,837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Hills	New River
Under 5	2.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	19.5%
55 to 64	20.9%	18.1%
65 to 74	22.4%	15.0%
75 and over	17.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hills	New River
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	86.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hills	New River
No high school diploma	2.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	16.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hills	New River
Drove alone	66.0%	66.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	28.0%	22.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hills	New River
1-unit, detached	66.6%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hills	New River
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1993	2002