Buckeye is a relatively large city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 108,909 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Buckeye is the 14th largest community in Arizona. Buckeye 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. This seems to be the case in Buckeye, where the median household income is $98,778.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Buckeye is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Buckeye is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buckeye who work in office and administrative support (13.09%), management occupations (11.30%), and sales jobs (9.84%). Also of interest is that Buckeye has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.48% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Buckeye is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Buckeye, the average commute to work is 33.43 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The population of Buckeye overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Buckeye, 24.09% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Buckeye in 2022 was $34,961, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,844 for a family of four. However, Buckeye contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Buckeye is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buckeye home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Buckeye residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Buckeye also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.96% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Buckeye include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Buckeye is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
