Indian Wells is a tiny town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 232 people and two associated neighborhoods, Indian Wells is the 178th largest community in Arizona.

Of important note, Indian Wells is also a town of artists. Indian Wells has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Indian Wells’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.59% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Overall, Indian Wells’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Indian Wells 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. Indian Wells has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Indian Wells than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Indian Wells may be for you.

One downside of living in Indian Wells, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 47.24 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Indian Wells does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Indian Wells has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.84% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Indian Wells in 2022 was $11,801, which is low income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $47,204 for a family of four. Indian Wells also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.61% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Indian Wells home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Indian Wells residents report their race to be Native American, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Indian Wells include Portuguese, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.

The most common language spoken in Indian Wells is Native American languages. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and English.