Peoria vs Scottsdale

A side-by-side comparison of Peoria and Scottsdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scottsdale has the higher population (242,169 vs 194,338 in Peoria). Scottsdale has the higher median household income ($107,372 vs $93,403 in Peoria). Scottsdale has the higher median home value ($709,900 vs $429,400 in Peoria).

Population, income & housing

	Peoria	Scottsdale
Population	194,338	242,169
Median age	42.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,403	$107,372
Median home value	$429,400	$709,900
Median gross rent	$1,743	$1,910
Housing units	78,592	138,422
Homeownership rate	75.5%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	61.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peoria	Scottsdale
Population	168,196 → 194,338 (+15.5%)	250,602 → 242,169 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$75,323 → $93,403 (+24.0%)	$88,213 → $107,372 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$264,500 → $429,400 (+62.3%)	$475,300 → $709,900 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,743 (+38.9%)	$1,365 → $1,910 (+39.9%)

Peoria

Population

168,196194,338

Median household income

$75,323$93,403

Median home value

$264,500$429,400

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,743

Scottsdale

Population

250,602242,169

Median household income

$88,213$107,372

Median home value

$475,300$709,900

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peoria	Scottsdale
Under 5	5.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.8%
75 and over	7.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peoria	Scottsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	78.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.7%
Asian	5.6%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peoria	Scottsdale
No high school diploma	7.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	22.4%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peoria	Scottsdale
Drove alone	68.5%	62.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	20.2%	29.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peoria	Scottsdale
1-unit, detached	73.5%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	10.9%
20 or more units	8.2%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Peoria	Scottsdale
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1998	1990