Fountain Hills is a medium-sized town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 20,199 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Fountain Hills is the 31st largest community in Arizona.

Fountain Hills is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.01% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fountain Hills is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fountain Hills who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.17%), sales jobs (15.89%), and management occupations (14.71%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Fountain Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.76% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Fountain Hills Information and Demographics

The education level of Fountain Hills citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 37.81% of adults in Fountain Hills have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fountain Hills in 2000 was $32,230, which is wealthy relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $128,920 for a family of four. However, Fountain Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Fountain Hills home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fountain Hills is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fountain Hills include German, Italian, English, Irish, Polish, French, and Norwegian.

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