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Demographics

People

Total Population	3,749
Male Share of the Population	53%
Female Share of the Population	47%
Senior Citizens	57.4%
Employed Population 16+	1,089
Age of the Population	68

Families

% of people married	66.7%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	39%
Median Earnings25+	$43,811
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$0

Wealth

Median Family Income	$102,656
% Above Poverty Level	94.9%
% Below Poverty Level	5.1%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	29 minutes
% Working from Home	5.7%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.3%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	24.1%
Median Gross Rent	$1,264
Median House Value	$721,500

Ancestry

German	30.3%
English	19.8%
Irish	10.6%
Scottish	7.6%
Italian	7.3%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	5.7%
Polish	5%
French Except Basque	4.6%
Norwegian	3.7%
Swedish	2.3%
Russian	1.6%
Austrian	1.4%
Ukrainian	1.3%
US/American	1.1%
Hungarian	1%
Danishn	0.7%
Canadian	0.6%
Romanian	0.5%
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Carefree Almanac

Category	Value
County	Maricopa County
P.O. Box Zip Codes	85377
Phone Area Codes
Time Zone	America/Phoenix
Approximate Latitude	33.82
Approximate Longitude	-111.9

Carefree Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	CAREFREE
Distance	1.1 miles
Jan Temp	41 to 62 F
Apr Temp	52 to 79 F
Jul Temp	76 to 101 F
Oct Temp	60 to 83 F
Annual Precip	13.2 inches

Station	BARTLETT DAM
Distance	15.4 miles
Jan Temp	41 to 67 F
Apr Temp	52 to 83 F
Jul Temp	75 to 105 F
Oct Temp	60 to 88 F
Annual Precip	15.8 inches

Station	DEER VALLEY (PHOENIX)
Distance	19.1 miles
Jan Temp	39 to 66 F
Apr Temp	51 to 83 F
Jul Temp	77 to 104 F
Oct Temp	57 to 87 F
Annual Precip	7.7 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Cave Creek	5,569	$126,458
Fountain Hills	24,490	$96,790
Paradise Valley	14,215	$246,688
Peoria	164,572	$83,934
Scottsdale	246,026	$112,760

Carefree Private Schools

Our Lady Of Joy
36811 N Pima Rd
ZIP: 85377
Elementary
Total Enrollment 17

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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