Housing density: 876 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $255,505.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,739 (lower quartile is $1,354, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,893
Median gross rent in Surprise, AZ in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Surprise with a mortgage: 30,250 (2,521 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 2,408 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 494
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $109,231
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $75,166
25,312 married couples with children.
8,751 single-parent households (2,823 men, 5,928 women).
88.0% of residents of Surprise speak English at home.
8.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 12,272 (8.0%)
(68.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 97.8% Number of people working at home: 16,178 (23.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 112
5 to 9 minutes: 2,242
10 to 14 minutes: 5,098
15 to 19 minutes: 6,111
20 to 24 minutes: 7,042
25 to 29 minutes: 5,231
30 to 34 minutes: 7,244
35 to 39 minutes: 2,654
40 to 44 minutes: 3,142
45 to 59 minutes: 7,534
60 to 89 minutes: 4,779
90 or more minutes: 991
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 22,644 (58.1%)
Carpooled: 3,380 (8.7%)
Bus: 84 (0.2%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 12 (0.0%)
Taxi: 633 (1.6%)
Bicycle: 131 (0.3%)
Walked: 518 (1.3%)
Worked at home: 13,090 (33.6%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
3.6%Males
4.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
9.5%Males
3.8%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
36.7%Males
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.9%Males
0.9%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
5.3%Males
5.3%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
2.7%Males
4.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
3.3%Males
4.2%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Surprise, Arizona
2,2472010 or later
1,9452000 to 2009
2,3061990 to 1999
6191980 to 1989
4971970 to 1979
1,053Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 8,350 (11.6%)
American: 7,095 (9.9%)
English: 6,581 (9.2%)
Irish: 5,416 (7.6%)
Italian: 3,044 (4.2%)
Polish: 2,280 (3.2%)
European: 1,409 (2.0%)
Norwegian: 1,234 (1.7%)
Swedish: 941 (1.3%)
Scottish: 842 (1.2%)
Australian: 835 (1.2%)
French: 782 (1.1%)
Russian: 518 (0.7%)
African: 478 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 390 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 379 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 297 (0.4%)
Canadian: 297 (0.4%)
Romanian: 295 (0.4%)
Dutch: 283 (0.4%)
Scandinavian: 266 (0.4%)
Eastern European: 263 (0.4%)
Danish: 217 (0.3%)
Haitian: 190 (0.3%)
Nigerian: 170 (0.2%)
British: 166 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 152 (0.2%)
Jamaican: 137 (0.2%)
West Indian: 134 (0.2%)
Welsh: 130 (0.2%)
Czech: 125 (0.2%)
Iraqi: 123 (0.2%)
Croatian: 120 (0.2%)
Assyrian: 118 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 112 (0.2%)
Northern European: 108 (0.2%)
Greek: 104 (0.1%)
Finnish: 76 (0.1%)
Armenian: 74 (0.1%)
Slovak: 69 (0.10%)
Swiss: 66 (0.09%)
Lithuanian: 53 (0.07%)
Lebanese: 51 (0.07%)
Yugoslavian: 40 (0.06%)
Bulgarian: 38 (0.05%)
Belizean: 36 (0.05%)
Pennsylvania German: 35 (0.05%)
Brazilian: 34 (0.05%)
Cajun: 31 (0.04%)
Austrian: 31 (0.04%)
Ethiopian: 30 (0.04%)
Czechoslovakian: 30 (0.04%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 27 (0.04%)
Albanian: 24 (0.03%)
Bermudan: 23 (0.03%)
Turkish: 22 (0.03%)
Arab: 22 (0.03%)
Serbian: 18 (0.03%)
Iranian: 11 (0.02%)
Slovene: 8 (0.01%)
Belgian: 6 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Surprise:
25.8% (2,723)
Arizona:
53.4% (500,086)
Philippines
Surprise:
12.0% (1,270)
Arizona:
3.2% (30,378)
Canada
Surprise:
8.8% (924)
Arizona:
4.3% (40,102)
Poland
Surprise:
5.4% (567)
Arizona:
0.5% (5,025)
Vietnam
Surprise:
4.0% (426)
Arizona:
2.1% (19,199)
Iraq
Surprise:
3.3% (347)
Arizona:
1.0% (9,335)
Cuba
Surprise:
3.2% (341)
Arizona:
1.0% (8,899)
Germany
Surprise:
3.1% (332)
Arizona:
1.5% (14,058)
Guatemala
Surprise:
2.4% (252)
Arizona:
1.6% (14,556)
El Salvador
Surprise:
2.3% (239)
Arizona:
1.2% (10,932)
Romania
Surprise:
2.0% (211)
Arizona:
0.6% (5,792)
Nigeria
Surprise:
1.9% (202)
Arizona:
0.4% (3,330)
Japan
Surprise:
1.9% (201)
Arizona:
0.6% (6,077)
Korea
Surprise:
1.8% (187)
Arizona:
1.2% (11,275)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 46,532
Other state: 92,665
Northeast: 11,679
Midwest: 34,658
South: 12,363
West: 33,965
82.8% of Surprise residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 38.4% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 10.5% lived in Arizona.
Surprise:
82.8%
State average:
86.0%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 221
Nursery to 4th grade: 242
5th and 6th grade: 56
7th and 8th grade: 177
9th grade: 419
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 457
12th grade, no diploma: 941
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,544
Less than 1 year of college: 5,384
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,761
Associate degree: 7,250
Bachelor's degree: 9,341
Master's degree: 3,452
Professional school degree: 619
Doctorate degree: 957
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 440
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 77
7th and 8th grade: 56
9th grade: 749
10th grade: 426
11th grade: 226
12th grade, no diploma: 1,578
High school graduate (or equivalency): 14,857
Less than 1 year of college: 6,139
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 9,608
Associate degree: 7,295
Bachelor's degree: 10,548
Master's degree: 4,645
Professional school degree: 748
Doctorate degree: 388
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 53,113
One, attached: 454
Two: 67
3 or 4: 530
5 to 9: 571
10 to 19: 310
20 to 49: 672
50 or more: 2,192
Mobile homes: 2,654
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 347
Median worth of mobile homes: $142,791
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.2%