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A city of 100,983, settled in 1911.
Avondale is a city of 100,983, and it grades C− overall, ranked 96th of 139 in Arizona. The median household earns $86K. The trade-offs: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 77% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and it reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, including 336 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Avondale’s July high is 104°F, above both the Arizona town median (100°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). The biggest place to walk is Estrella Mountain Regional Park, 9,678 acres with 9 miles of trail. Avondale's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 98% of U.S. towns.
Where Avondale beats most towns.
44.5% of the town is conserved land, across 23 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Avondale is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 517 in 1920, 89,334 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 4 maps from 1946 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Avondale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Stadium
18 mi Stadium & arenaMortgage Matchup Center
18 mi Stadium & arenaChase Field
16 mi Stadium & arenaDesert Diamond Arena
24 mi Stadium & arenaMountain America Stadium
25 mi Stadium & arenaMullett ArenaState Farm Stadium: Taken by en:Flickr user MCSixth, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mortgage Matchup Center: Troutfarm27, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chase Field: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tyler J. Bolken, Public domain · Desert Diamond Arena: Unknown, CC BY 2.0 · Mountain America Stadium: Clintus McGintus, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mullett Arena: Kyvuh, CC0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Avondale, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Avondale.
Avondale keeps more of its land conserved than most of Arizona and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it trails Phoenix and its other neighbors on schools.
Its 13,675 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 81% of Arizona towns. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #2 of 140 in Arizona.
47 miles of trail in 23 parks and preserves. The trail density in Avondale is 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Estrella Mountain Regional Park | 9 mi | 9,678 |
| 2. Friendship Park | 2.7 mi | 71 |
| 3. Festival Fields Park | 2 mi | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Each of its 4 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its C+, Phoenix highest at B+.
Three of its 37 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Traditional School - AvondaleLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 1,346 | A− |
| West Point High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,782 | C+ |
| Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - EstrellaTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 335 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AZ on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 2,717 to 2,539 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Avondale’s property crime rate is 22.4 per 1,000 residents. Avondale reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less. Avondale’s violent crime rate is 3.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Avondale | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 22.4 per 1,000 residents | 11 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.5 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Jobs based here grew from 11,784 in 2013 to 22,538.
Most working residents leave Avondale for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Avondale grew to 22,538 in 2023, 10,754 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Phoenix (45%), Tempe (7%) and Goodyear (6%).
| Avondale | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $68,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Since 1978, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Avondale.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Avondale beats the Arizona average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 70% of Avondale adults had a checkup this year.
| Avondale | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 75% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 12% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 37% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Avondale | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 8.8% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.5% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 19.4% | 13.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
January nights average 44.1°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 103.7°.
Avondale has warm winters and scorching summers, with very little rain. Only 7 of the 140 Arizona towns we compare have a higher January low than Avondale. Snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical value, about $393K, is 14% below its July 2022 peak.
The typical Avondale home is worth about $393,000, down 1.2% in a year, 6% below the Arizona typical home. 62% of households own their home in Avondale.
| Avondale | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,832 a month | $1,190 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 62% | 76% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 55% | 46% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Avondale
About 6 of every 100 Avondale residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Arizona.
76,238 counted in 2010 and 89,334 in 2020; an estimated 100,983 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 13.1% since 2020, after 17.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
City in Arizona, United States
Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 89,334, up from 76,238 in 2010 and 35,883 in 2000. Avondale, incorporated in 1946, has experienced rapid residential and commercial growth in the years since 1980. Once primarily a sparsely populated farming community with many acres of alfalfa and cotton fields, Avondale has transformed into a major bedroom suburb for Phoenix.
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4 towns share a border with Avondale.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Tolleson (C+) is closest.
| Town | AZ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale | #96 | C− | C− | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Goodyear | #38 | B− | C− | C+ | B | A |
| Phoenix | #65 | C+ | C | D | B+ | B+ |
| Tolleson | #71 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | D |
| Litchfield Park | #8 | A− | C− | B− | B+ | A+ |
Tolleson reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Avondale with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Avondale grades C− overall, better than 23% of U.S. towns and #96 of 139 in Arizona. It grades B+ for health, C− for safety and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
2 notable people were born here, including Everson Griffen and Nick Harris.
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