Chandler is a large city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 280,711 people and 65 associated neighborhoods, Chandler is the fourth largest community in Arizona. Chandler home prices are not only among the most expensive in Arizona, but Chandler real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Chandler is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.75% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Chandler is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chandler who work in office and administrative support (12.59%), management occupations (12.10%), and sales jobs (10.15%). Also of interest is that Chandler has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.61% 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. The citizens of Chandler are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.15% of adults in Chandler have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Chandler in 2022 was $48,987, which is wealthy relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $195,948 for a family of four. However, Chandler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chandler is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chandler home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chandler residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Chandler also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.21% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Chandler include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. Chandler also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.92%. The most common language spoken in Chandler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
