Scottsdale, AZ
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Nickname: The West’s Most Western Town
Interesting Facts:
- Frank Lloyd Wright came to Scottsdale in 1937 and created Taliesin West
- Scottsdale Fashion Square is in the top 20 of largest malls in the United States
- Scottsdale boasts the highest number of destination spas per capita of any city in the United States
- Home to more than 125 professional art galleries and studios, one of the highest per-capita anywhere in the nation
- Was named by the New York Times as one of the “hippest and most happening” places in the country. Has also been described as a “desert version of Miami’s South Beach.”
Mayor: Jim Lane
Population (2008): 235,371
Website: http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/
Median Income for a family: $70,533
Ethnicity:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.0%)
- Hispanic (7.0%)
- Other race (2.3%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Black (1.2%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
2008 cost of living index in Scottsdale: 106.5 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)
For population 25 years and over in Scottsdale:
- High school or higher: 93.5%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 44.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 14.7%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.3 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Scottsdale:
- Never married: 23.7%
- Now married: 55.9%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 6.6%
- Divorced: 12.5%
Sex offenders: The ratio of number of residents in Scottsdale to the number of sex offenders is 6538 to 1. In 2007, there were 36 registered sex offenders in Scottsdale.
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2007: $1,994 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2007: $1,564 (0.4%)
Hospital/medical centers in Scottsdale: Scottsdale Healthcare, Mayo Clinic
Colleges/Universities in Scottsdale: Scottsdale Community College – Full-time enrollment: 5,345
Public high schools in Scottsdale:
- Horizon High School (Students: 2473)
- Desert Mountain High School (Students: 2449)
- Chaparral High School (Students: 1849)
- Saguaro High School (Students: 1748)
- Coronado High School (Students: 1314)
- Salt River High School (Students: 260)
- Foothills Academy (Students: 236)
- Sierra Vista Academy (Students: 75)
Public elementary/middle schools in Scottsdale:
- Cocopah Middle School (Students: 1049; Grades: 6-8)
- Mountainside Middle School (Students: 1023; Grades: 6-8)
- Cheyenne Traditional Elementary School (Students: 955; Grades: K-8)
- Pinnacle Peak Elementary (Students: 902; Grades: K-6)
- Desert Shadows Middle School (Students: 761; Grades: 7-8)
- Yavapai Elementary School (Students: 750)
- Copper Canyon Elementary School (Students: 731;Grades: K-6)
- Desert Canyon Elementary (Students: 712; Grades: K-5)
- Grayhawk Elementary School (Students: 702; Grades: K-6)
- Laguna Elementary School (Students: 658)
Libraries: Scottsdale Public Library (Operating income: $7,815,315; Location: 3839 NORTH DRINKWATER BOULEVARD; 691,349 books; 20,340 audio materials; 17,283 video materials; 1,071 serial subscriptions)
Religion:
- 43% Catholic
- 38% Other religions
- 13% Mormon
- 6% Southern Baptist
Shopping Centers: Scottsdale Fashion Square, Kierland Commons
Parks:
- Agua Linda
- Apache
- Aztec
- Cactus
- Camelback
- Chaparral
- Chesnutt
- Cholla
- Comanche
- DC Ranch Community
- DC Ranch Neighborhood
- Desert Mountain
- Eldorado
- Grayhawk Neighborhood
- Grayhawk Community
- Horizon
- Indian School Park & Tennis Center
- Ironwood
- La Mirada Desert
- Lafayette
- McCormick-Stillman Railroad
- McDowell Mountain Ranch
- Mescal
- Mountain View
- Nature
- Neighborhood Parks
- Northsight
- Osborn
- Paiute
- Papago
- Pima
- Pinnacle Peak
- Rio Montana
- Rotary
- Scottsdale Civic Center Mall
- Scottsdale Ranch Park & Tennis Center
- Scottsdale Sports Complex
- Shoshone
- Sonoran Hills
- Stonegate Equestrian
- Thomas Road Bike Stop
- Thunderbird
- Troon North
- Vista del Camino
- Whisper Rock
- Zuni
