Peoria vs Tempe

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

Peoria and Tempe 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 186,419 in Tempe). Peoria has the higher median household income ($93,403 vs $77,643 in Tempe). Peoria has the higher median home value ($429,400 vs $421,900 in Tempe).

Population, income & housing

	Peoria	Tempe
Population	194,338	186,419
Median age	42.1 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,403	$77,643
Median home value	$429,400	$421,900
Median gross rent	$1,743	$1,623
Housing units	78,592	84,664
Homeownership rate	75.5%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peoria	Tempe
Population	168,196 → 194,338 (+15.5%)	187,454 → 186,419 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$75,323 → $93,403 (+24.0%)	$57,994 → $77,643 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$264,500 → $429,400 (+62.3%)	$272,900 → $421,900 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,743 (+38.9%)	$1,164 → $1,623 (+39.4%)

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

Tempe

Population

187,454186,419

Median household income

$57,994$77,643

Median home value

$272,900$421,900

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peoria	Tempe
Under 5	5.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	10.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	22.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	23.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	6.1%
75 and over	7.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peoria	Tempe
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	52.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.7%
Asian	5.6%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peoria	Tempe
No high school diploma	7.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	22.4%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peoria	Tempe
Drove alone	68.5%	60.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.4%	3.3%
Walked	0.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.4%
Worked from home	20.2%	19.4%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peoria	Tempe
1-unit, detached	73.5%	38.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	17.5%
20 or more units	8.2%	24.1%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Peoria	Tempe
Poverty rate	8.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1998	1983