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El Mirage, AZ

Found within zip codes: 85335, 85374
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El Mirage, AZ

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About El Mirage

El Mirage is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 7,518 people and just one neighborhood, El Mirage is the 53rd largest community in Arizona.

El Mirage 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.

When you are in El Mirage, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.8% of El Mirage's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, El Mirage is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in El Mirage who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.66%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (11.02%), and food service (8.35%).

Being a small city, El Mirage does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

El Mirage Information and Demographics

El Mirage ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.68% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in El Mirage in 2000 was $10,342, which is lower middle income relative to Arizona, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $41,368 for a family of four.

El Mirage is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call El Mirage home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in El Mirage, accounting for 67.33% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in El Mirage is African-American, followed by Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in El Mirage include German and Irish.

In addition, El Mirage has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.43%).

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