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.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Mcdowell is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Mcdowell spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.20 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Fort Mcdowell 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.

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.