About Waddell

Waddell is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 3,593 people and just one neighborhood, Waddell is the 91st largest community in Arizona.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Waddell is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Waddell is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waddell who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.44%), sales jobs (10.51%), and management occupations (9.55%).

Another important characteristic of Waddell is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

One downside of living in Waddell, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.52 minutes every day commuting to work.

Waddell is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Waddell isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.2% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Waddell is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Waddell Information and Demographics

The population of Waddell overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Waddell, 19.05% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Waddell in 2000 was $20,549, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,196 for a family of four. However, Waddell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Waddell is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waddell home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Waddell is White, followed by Asian. Waddell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.11% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Waddell include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Waddell is English. Some people also speak Spanish.