Litchfield Park, Arizona
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 2.4% since 2020.
6,727
people, the 53rd-largest of Arizona's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Arizona's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
92.4%
of 1,655 jobs located in Litchfield Park are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 63% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,922
a month. Arizona's median is $1,543.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,730 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Maricopa County.
- $771 Tract 9413
- $3,501 Tract 4202.07
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$894–$1,342
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,922 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
44% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 361 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 20% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 44% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.1–0.6% to the 2,868 homes here.
4–17
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 46% more than Arizona's.
$577,000
median home value in Litchfield Park.
- $577,000 Litchfield Park
- $394,500 Arizona
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year