Surprise, AZ population, income and ZIP codes

Surprise city is a mid-size city in Arizona, with 149,519 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #10 of 467 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 41.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Surprise city earn a median of $93,371 a year, 18.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 47% above the $63,545 median for the 206 Arizona cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Surprise city is valued at $396,000, 30.5% above the national figure and 63% above the $242,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,917 a month, 36.3% above the national figure, or roughly $23,004 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 79% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.