About Wickenburg

Wickenburg is a somewhat small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 5,050 people and just one neighborhood, Wickenburg is the 73rd largest community in Arizona.

Unlike some towns , Wickenburg isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wickenburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wickenburg is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wickenburg who work in sales jobs (11.10%), office and administrative support jobs (9.52%), and food service (8.30%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Wickenburg spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.62 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small town, Wickenburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Wickenburg Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Wickenburg who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 19.88% of adults in Wickenburg have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wickenburg in 2000 was $19,772, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,088 for a family of four.

The people who call Wickenburg home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wickenburg is White, followed by Asian. Wickenburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.06% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Wickenburg include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, French, and Norwegian.

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