Peoria vs Surprise

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

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

Peoria has the higher population (194,338 vs 149,519 in Surprise). Peoria has the higher median household income ($93,403 vs $93,371 in Surprise). Peoria has the higher median home value ($429,400 vs $396,000 in Surprise).

Population, income & housing

	Peoria	Surprise
Population	194,338	149,519
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,403	$93,371
Median home value	$429,400	$396,000
Median gross rent	$1,743	$1,917
Housing units	78,592	60,356
Homeownership rate	75.5%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peoria	Surprise
Population	168,196 → 194,338 (+15.5%)	135,450 → 149,519 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$75,323 → $93,403 (+24.0%)	$69,076 → $93,371 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$264,500 → $429,400 (+62.3%)	$239,500 → $396,000 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,743 (+38.9%)	$1,349 → $1,917 (+42.1%)

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

Surprise

Population

135,450149,519

Median household income

$69,076$93,371

Median home value

$239,500$396,000

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peoria	Surprise
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.2%
75 and over	7.9%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peoria	Surprise
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	66.9%
Black or African American	3.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.8%
Asian	5.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peoria	Surprise
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	22.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peoria	Surprise
Drove alone	68.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.2%	17.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peoria	Surprise
1-unit, detached	73.5%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	8.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Peoria	Surprise
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1998	2004