Eloy is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 18,528 people and four associated neighborhoods, Eloy is the 43rd largest community in Arizona. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Eloy, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Eloy, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Eloy’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Eloy does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $54,080.00.
A relatively large number of people in Eloy telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.46% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Eloy has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Eloy has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Eloy than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Eloy may be for you.
Being a small city, Eloy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Eloy, just 12.60% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Eloy in 2022 was $19,561, which is low income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,244 for a family of four. However, Eloy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Eloy is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eloy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Eloy, accounting for 47.44% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Eloy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Eloy include German, Irish, Italian, European, and English.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Eloy's cultural character, accounting for 15.66% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Eloy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.