Tempe, AZ
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Tempe, AZ: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 167,311. 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 TEMPE-AZ · Tempe, AZ 4 ZIPs · 167,311 pop · #5129/25278 · Maricopa County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-HIGH
- INC-HIGH $96,072
- RANK-UPPER #5129/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Peoria
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 51% owners
- POP-MID 167,311
- SPREAD-WIDE 85281→85284
- HOME-HIGH $481,050
Nearest income peer: Peoria, AZ (+ $4,227 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 Tempe
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Tempe on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Phoenix · lowest
Phoenix · lowest
$83,209 median HH income
- Tempe · this city
Tempe · this city
$96,072 median HH income
- Peoria · near
Peoria · near
$100,299 median HH income
- Surprise · near
Surprise · near
$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, Tempe, AZ sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 20%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 167,311
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $96,072
- 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 $96,072 and home value $481,050 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 52.0%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (50.9%) for this income tier, rent $1,856 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Arizona, Tolleson is the closest lower-income city and Central the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Tempe.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Tempe differ
Tempe's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $64,538 in ZIP 85281 to $156,146 in ZIP 85284, while home values span $381,000 in 85281 to $688,400 in 85284. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 2.4×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.8×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 21.8 points
85281 to 85284
85281 to 85284
85284 to 85281
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
Tempe residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Tempe: the largest, 85281, is only about 34% of 167,311 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Tempe
Citywide ZBP: 6,966 establishments, 209,572 employees , annual payroll $14,994,115k (~42 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 85281 (2,295 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (1,037) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .
ZIP Codes in Tempe, AZ
These ZIP codes sit in Maricopa County, which covers 131 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Tempe. See the Maricopa County roll-up →
Tempe sits in the lower half of Maricopa County on income: Scottsdale, Chandler and Gilbert report more, Phoenix, Mesa and Glendale report less. Queen Creek marks the far end of that range at $129,367, 35% above Tempe.
Side-by-side: Compare 85281 vs 85282 →
Tempe 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 Tempe, .