Housing density: 106 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,025,956.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,756 (lower quartile is $1,396, upper quartile is $1,998)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,961
Median gross rent in New River, AZ in 2022: $1,987
Housing units in New River with a mortgage: 5,071 (518 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 521 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 202
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $133,581
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $97,120
Size of family households: 2,647 2-persons, 1,185 3-persons, 960 4-persons, 251 5-persons, 298 6-persons, 88 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,343 1-person, 435 2-persons.
2,820 married couples with children.
246 single-parent households (120 men, 126 women).
93.6% of residents of New River speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 41% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (26% speak English very well, 74% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 819 (4.3%)
(88.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 98.2% Number of people working at home: 2,865 (27.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 124
5 to 9 minutes: 208
10 to 14 minutes: 499
15 to 19 minutes: 604
20 to 24 minutes: 1,038
25 to 29 minutes: 438
30 to 34 minutes: 1,065
35 to 39 minutes: 277
40 to 44 minutes: 961
45 to 59 minutes: 1,703
60 to 89 minutes: 455
90 or more minutes: 156
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 997 (30.0%)
Carpooled: 83 (2.5%)
Taxi: 10 (0.3%)
Walked: 52 (1.6%)
Worked at home: 2,865 (86.1%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
0.4%Males
3.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
6.4%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in New River, Arizona
1952010 or later
2362000 to 2009
2481990 to 1999
1271980 to 1989
361970 to 1979
130Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 1,067 (15.9%)
German: 989 (14.8%)
Irish: 857 (12.8%)
European: 754 (11.3%)
English: 441 (6.6%)
Italian: 391 (5.8%)
Polish: 171 (2.6%)
Scottish: 155 (2.3%)
Swedish: 151 (2.3%)
Norwegian: 121 (1.8%)
Northern European: 85 (1.3%)
Greek: 83 (1.2%)
Hungarian: 72 (1.1%)
Ukrainian: 62 (0.9%)
Albanian: 57 (0.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 53 (0.8%)
Welsh: 51 (0.8%)
French: 46 (0.7%)
Eastern European: 43 (0.6%)
British: 42 (0.6%)
Czechoslovakian: 31 (0.5%)
Finnish: 31 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 28 (0.4%)
Swiss: 24 (0.4%)
Russian: 22 (0.3%)
Yugoslavian: 22 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.3%)
Ethiopian: 16 (0.2%)
Danish: 12 (0.2%)
African: 9 (0.1%)
Slovak: 8 (0.1%)
Estonian: 4 (0.06%)
Dutch: 3 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Taiwan
New River:
27.8% (228)
Arizona:
0.5% (4,961)
Mexico
New River:
11.7% (96)
Arizona:
53.4% (500,086)
Vietnam
New River:
9.2% (75)
Arizona:
2.1% (19,199)
Philippines
New River:
8.7% (71)
Arizona:
3.2% (30,378)
Canada
New River:
8.5% (70)
Arizona:
4.3% (40,102)
Other Eastern Europe
New River:
4.8% (39)
Arizona:
0.3% (2,524)
Germany
New River:
4.8% (39)
Arizona:
1.5% (14,058)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
New River:
4.6% (38)
Arizona:
2.3% (21,275)
Ecuador
New River:
4.5% (37)
Arizona:
0.2% (1,911)
India
New River:
3.4% (28)
Arizona:
4.5% (41,719)
Ukraine
New River:
3.1% (25)
Arizona:
0.2% (2,223)
Ethiopia
New River:
2.3% (19)
Arizona:
0.4% (3,880)
Pakistan
New River:
1.8% (15)
Arizona:
0.3% (2,699)
Israel
New River:
1.6% (13)
Arizona:
0.2% (1,439)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 6,771
Other state: 11,214
Northeast: 2,103
Midwest: 4,802
South: 826
West: 3,417
95.2% of New River residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 43.7% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 3.3% lived in Arizona.
New River:
95.2%
State average:
86.0%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 24
Nursery to 4th grade: 31
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 52
9th grade: 19
10th grade: 30
11th grade: 132
12th grade, no diploma: 38
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,864
Less than 1 year of college: 573
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,168
Associate degree: 1,209
Bachelor's degree: 1,321
Master's degree: 411
Professional school degree: 230
Doctorate degree: 6
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 45
11th grade: 24
12th grade, no diploma: 117
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,671
Less than 1 year of college: 815
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 822
Associate degree: 789
Bachelor's degree: 1,817
Master's degree: 645
Professional school degree: 114
Doctorate degree: 223
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 6,757
One, attached: 17
Mobile homes: 727
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $381,634
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.2%