Casa Grande vs Maricopa

A side-by-side comparison of Casa Grande and Maricopa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maricopa has the higher population (62,986 vs 57,590 in Casa Grande). Maricopa has the higher median household income ($94,208 vs $66,354 in Casa Grande). Maricopa has the higher median home value ($338,600 vs $258,200 in Casa Grande).

Population, income & housing

	Casa Grande	Maricopa
Population	57,590	62,986
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,354	$94,208
Median home value	$258,200	$338,600
Median gross rent	$1,315	$1,919
Housing units	24,282	21,979
Homeownership rate	70.8%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casa Grande	Maricopa
Population	55,653 → 57,590 (+3.5%)	48,629 → 62,986 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$52,841 → $66,354 (+25.6%)	$74,515 → $94,208 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$150,400 → $258,200 (+71.7%)	$202,100 → $338,600 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,315 (+37.4%)	$1,384 → $1,919 (+38.7%)

Casa Grande

Population

55,65357,590

Median household income

$52,841$66,354

Median home value

$150,400$258,200

Median gross rent

$957$1,315

Maricopa

Population

48,62962,986

Median household income

$74,515$94,208

Median home value

$202,100$338,600

Median gross rent

$1,384$1,919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casa Grande	Maricopa
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.5%
75 and over	10.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casa Grande	Maricopa
White (non-Hispanic)	43.4%	45.8%
Black or African American	4.5%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	2.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casa Grande	Maricopa
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casa Grande	Maricopa
Drove alone	76.7%	64.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	12.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	20.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casa Grande	Maricopa
1-unit, detached	67.2%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.4%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Casa Grande	Maricopa
Poverty rate	14.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.75	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	38
Median year structure built	2002	2007