About Fort Mcdowell

Fort Mcdowell is a tiny town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 868 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Mcdowell is the 126th largest community in Arizona.

Fort Mcdowell has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Fort Mcdowell, where the median household income is $47,222.

Unlike some towns , Fort Mcdowell isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fort Mcdowell are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Mcdowell is a town of managers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Mcdowell who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.00%), management occupations (12.50%), and personal care services (9.50%).

One of the benefits of Fort Mcdowell is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.20 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Being a small town, Fort Mcdowell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Fort Mcdowell Information and Demographics

In Fort Mcdowell, just 8.98% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Fort Mcdowell in 2000 was $18,962, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,848 for a family of four.

Fort Mcdowell is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Mcdowell home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Mcdowell is Native American, followed by White. The main ancestry of people in Fort Mcdowell is Irish.

The languages spoken by people in Fort Mcdowell are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Fort Mcdowell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Native American languages, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Navajo.