Maricopa is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 66,290 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Maricopa is the 18th largest community in Arizona. Maricopa 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 Maricopa, where the median household income is $88,795.00.

Also of interest is that Maricopa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.73% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Maricopa is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Maricopa, the average commute to work is 36.86 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The education level of Maricopa citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.03% of adults in Maricopa have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Maricopa in 2018 was $33,574, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,296 for a family of four. However, Maricopa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Maricopa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Maricopa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maricopa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Maricopa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.57% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Maricopa include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Maricopa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.