Tempe AZ Real Estate |
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Tempe is located in Maricopa County, Arizona. The community is business-friendly and is home to the corporate offices of US Airways, Well Fargo, Chase Bank, Motorola, Medtronic, Edward Jones and Insight Computers. It is also a very residential-friendly, homes in the Tempe area range from lakeside to horse property. More than thirty-three percent of Tempe's 61,000 plus housing units are single-family homes. Multi-family housing occupies the majority of the north part of the city, near Arizona State University and the business district. Several areas in Tempe provide unique living environments, some homes have corrals to keep horses in your own yard with jumping courses nearby. South Tempe contains many subdivisions and single family homes, some of the subdivisions have several man-made lakes close by.|
There were 63,602 households with 24.4% had kids under the age of 18 in the home, married couple made up 38.4%, female household with no husband made up 9.7%, and 47.1% were non-families. 28% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.6% had seniors living alone who were 65 or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.05. In the city the population was spread out with 19.8% under the age of 18, 21.3% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 106.9 male. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $42,361, and the median income for a family was $55,237. Males had a median income of $36,406 versus $28,605 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,406. About 7.5% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over. The reason for the high population poverty line is because there are a very large number of university students that live in Tempe, and does not reflect the overall income of the area. |
As of the 2004 census estimate, there were 160,676 people, 63,602 households, and 33,645 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,959.4 per square mile. There were 67,068 housing units at an average density of 1,674.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 77.51% White, 3.66% Black or African American, 2.01% Native American, 4.75% Asian, 0.29% Pacific Islander, 8.49% from other races, and 3.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino' made up 17.95% of the population.|
Tempe is served by a few different school districts. Most of Tempe is served by the Tempe Elementary School District and the Tempe Union High School District. Other portions are served by: Kyrene School District. |
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