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Carefree town, Arizona: commercial real estate data.
Carefree town is a Census town of 3,683 people across 8.81 square miles of land, in Maricopa County. Median household income is $147,165, 91.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $967,500.
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Carefree
What Carefree is
- Census place typetown
- Land area8.81 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land418
- County holding the largest share of its areaMaricopa County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carefree
How many people live in Carefree
- Population3,683
- Median age64.9
- Population under 18104 plus or minus 86
- Share under 182.8 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Population 65 and over1,817 plus or minus 400
- Share 65 and over49.3 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Households1,845
- Family households1,318
- Share of households that are families71.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Carefree
- Median household income$147,165 plus or minus $38,793
- Per capita income$93,927 plus or minus $23,852
- Civilian labor force1,526
- Employed1,468
- Unemployed58 plus or minus 67
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over3,449
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher61.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.1 percent plus or minus 6.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Carefree
- Housing units2,315
- Occupied units1,845
- Vacant units470 plus or minus 178
- Vacancy rate20.3 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Owner occupied1,680
- Renter occupied165 plus or minus 91
- Ownership rate91.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,088,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,538 plus or minus $311
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.5 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units2,169
- Share single family93.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more146 plus or minus 109
- Share in buildings of two or more6.3 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Carefree gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute642 plus or minus 218
- Commuting under 15 minutes92 plus or minus 75
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.3 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more304 plus or minus 151
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.4 percent plus or minus 17.2
- Drove alone46.2 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Worked from home50.2 percent plus or minus 18.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carefree
SBA loans in Carefree (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$967,500
- Average approval$138,214
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$297,500
- Largest approval$297,500
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Carefree (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$378,000
- Average approval$378,000
- Median approval$378,000
- Largest approval$378,000
- Jobs supported1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Carefree
Flood risk in Carefree
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number040126
- Currently effective map date07/20/21
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Maricopa County, not Carefree
Maricopa County context, not Carefree figures
These are Maricopa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Carefree measurements.
- Establishments in Maricopa County109,863
- Employment at those establishments, Maricopa County2,016,986
- Covered employment, Maricopa County2,280,645
- Average annual pay, Maricopa County$73,840
- Average weekly wage, Maricopa County$1,420
- Housing units permitted, Maricopa County36,380
- Of those, single family, Maricopa County21,667
- County product, 2024, Maricopa County$419,250,222,000
- County product change over the prior year, Maricopa County7.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Maricopa County$98,820
Every figure in this section is published for Maricopa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Carefree. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Carefree questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Carefree, Arizona?
3,683, in 1,845 households. Carefree town covers 8.81 square miles of land, which is 418 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Carefree in?
Maricopa County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Carefree?
$147,165. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,088,100. Median gross rent is $1,538 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Carefree businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $967,500, across 4 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $378,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Carefree, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Carefree borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Carefree. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Carefree in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Carefree appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 040126, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Carefree figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Maricopa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Carefree.
Is zoning published for Carefree?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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