Surprise, AZ
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Surprise, AZ: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 119,941. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet SURPRISE-AZ · Surprise, AZ 4 ZIPs · 119,941 pop · #4337/25278 · Maricopa County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH
- INC-HIGH $100,685
- RANK-TOP #4337/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Peoria
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 82% owners
- POP-MID 119,941
- SPREAD-MOD 85374→85388
- HOME-HIGH $446,125
Nearest income peer: Peoria, AZ ( $386 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 Surprise
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Surprise on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Phoenix · lowest
Phoenix · lowest
$83,209 median HH income
- Tempe · near
Tempe · near
$96,072 median HH income
- Peoria · near
Peoria · near
$100,299 median HH income
- Surprise · this city
Surprise · this city
$100,685 median HH income
- Buckeye · near
Buckeye · near
$101,966 median HH income
- Goodyear · near
Goodyear · near
$103,840 median HH income
- Queen Creek · highest
Queen Creek · highest
$129,367 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Surprise, AZ sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 17%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 119,941
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $100,685
- 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 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $100,685 and home value $446,125 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 31.6%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Surprise as a pure owner town.
Within Arizona, Peoria is the closest lower-income city and Buckeye the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 4 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Surprise.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Surprise differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Surprise: $81,201 in ZIP 85374 to $112,164 in 85388. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.4×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 6.7 points
85374 to 85388
85374 to 85387
85388 to 85374
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Surprise residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Surprise: the largest, 85374, is only about 39% of 119,941 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Surprise
Citywide ZBP: 1,865 establishments, 24,991 employees , annual payroll $1,013,993k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 85374 (850 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (312) · also Accommodation and food services · Construction .
ZIP Codes in Surprise, AZ
These ZIP codes sit in Maricopa County, which covers 131 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Surprise. See the Maricopa County roll-up →
Surprise lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Maricopa County: Scottsdale, Chandler and Gilbert earn more and Phoenix, Mesa and Glendale earn less. Queen Creek marks the far end of that range at $129,367, 28% above Surprise.
Side-by-side: Compare 85374 vs 85379 →
Surprise 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 Surprise, .