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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Buckeye, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Buckeye, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Buckeye’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Buckeye does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $98,778.00.Buckeye is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. A relatively large number of people in Buckeye telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.48% 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. One downside of living in Buckeye, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.43 minutes every day commuting to work. The citizens of Buckeye are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.09% of adults in Buckeye having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
