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Place in Arizona, United States

Anthem

$561kMedian Home
355Sunny Days/yr
85°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 1.6M· Elev. 1,864 ftWikipedia

Anthem is a planned community and census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Anthem was 23,190.Wikipedia

About the RegionDesert Southwest

The Desert Southwest — Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico — shares a climate defined by heat, aridity, and extraordinary landscape. Phoenix has grown into one of the country's largest cities on the premise of air-conditioned suburban living, a bargain for decades that is being stress-tested by climate shifts pushing summer highs above 110°F and placing long-term water resources under pressure. Las Vegas offers Nevada's zero income tax and extraordinary entertainment infrastructure against the same water equation tied to a shrinking Colorado River.

Tucson, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe offer a different profile: human-scale cities with deep roots in Spanish colonial and Indigenous traditions, lower costs than their larger neighbors, and the landscape that draws artists, retirees, and outdoor enthusiasts. The region's sunlight is exceptional — Phoenix regularly exceeds 300 sunny days per year — and the cultural texture across New Mexico in particular is unlike anywhere else in the United States.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median Rent
$561k
Median Home Price
Rent burden38% of income
Household Income
$72k
Median annual
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Livability

School Rating
6/10
Internet
Fiber
20%
Cable
20%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
355
sunny days per year
97% of the year
Avg High Temp
85°F
annual average
Humidity
32%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
59/100
Good
Temp Swing
42°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
13"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
45
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population1.6M
Altitude1,864 ftabove sea level
Median Age34 yrs
College Educated31%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home14%of workforce
Poverty Rate15%

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