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Paradise Valley, AZ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Paradise Valley, AZ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 17,047. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet PARADISE-VALLEY-AZ · Paradise Valley, AZ 1 ZIPs · 17,047 pop · #345/25278 · Maricopa County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $184,979
  • RANK-TOP #345/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Gilbert
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-TOWN 17,047
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $2,000,001

Nearest income peer: Gilbert, AZ ( $58,830 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Paradise Valley

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Paradise Valley on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Paradise Valley, AZ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 1%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
17,047
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$184,979
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $184,979 and home value $2,000,000+ should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 71.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Paradise Valley as a pure owner town.

Within Arizona, Carefree is the closest lower-income city by average ZIP household income. Its 1 ZIP footprint is the immediate statewide comparison for Paradise Valley.

Population concentration

Paradise Valley reads through its lone ZIP, 85253

17,047 ACS residents, one ZIP: 85253 is not the leading code inside Paradise Valley, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Paradise Valley's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 964 establishments, 11,400 employees , annual payroll $868,961k (~57 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 85253 (964 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (178) · also Health care and social assistance · Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in Paradise Valley, AZ

These ZIP codes sit in Maricopa County, which covers 131 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Paradise Valley. See the Maricopa County roll-up →

No other city sharing Maricopa County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Paradise Valley. Phoenix, Mesa and Glendale sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Phoenix marks the far end of that range at $83,209, 55% below Paradise Valley.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
85253 17,047 $184,979 964 366
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Paradise Valley roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Paradise Valley, .