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Source edition · GHS-UCDB R2024A V1-2Population reference · 2025 projectionLocal guide · research pending

Projected population

2,608,874

People in the source urban footprint, 2025 projection.

Footprint area · km²

1,304

Published morphological urban-centre area.

Derived density · people/km²

2,001

Projected population divided by source footprint area.

Publisher 2025 population projection from GHS-POP R2023A and morphological urban-footprint area; density is their ratio. Not a current census count, municipal population or livability score. Shared footprints repeat one contextual measurement, not independent city estimates.

Historical rental housing context

Phoenix city, Arizona

2025 ACS one-year estimates · table B25070. Destination guide: Phoenix.

30%+ gross-rent share

54.3%

Of housing units with a computed gross-rent-to-income ratio. Published rounded percentage bins.

Context only · outside the index

30%+ bin numerator: 146,072; Housing units in the published 30–34.9%, 35–39.9%, 40–49.9% and 50%+ bins.
Computed-ratio denominator: 269,054; Source total minus units for which the ratio was not computed.
Not computed · excluded: 13,483(4.8%); Share of all 282,537 units in the source universe, not of the computed denominator.

City place · exact Census place

This estimate covers renter housing units in Phoenix city, Arizona. It uses the native Census place for ACS 2025, not the whole metropolitan area or JRC urban footprint. The named place and state are matched exactly to the original 2025 geography metadata; no boundary equivalence or scoring permission is inferred.

1600000US0455000

The source universe is renter-occupied housing units. The derived denominator includes only units in published computed gross-rent-to-household-income categories; these are housing units, not persons or all residents. ACS household money income includes wage and salary amounts before tax deductions, and net self-employment income. It is not disposable or after-tax income.

ACS 2025 one-year survey estimates use interviews throughout 2025 and the source past-12-month household-income concept. These are historical survey estimates, not a year-end census or 2026 asking prices. The separate pooled 2020–2024 five-year series is not used to calculate an annual change. This is not a current asking-rent quote, a count of people, or an overall livability score.

Uncertainty stays visible. Original cell margins of error are supplied at 90% confidence. No aggregate margin of error or confidence interval has been computed for this derived share; no covariance is supplied here. Close point estimates do not establish statistically distinguishable places.

Inspect all original cells & 90% margins of error

Original B25070 estimates. Margins of error describe individual cells, not the derived percentage or the sum of cells.
Published cell	Housing units	90% MOE (units)
Total:B25070_E001 / B25070_M001	282,537	±9,925
Less than 10.0 percentB25070_E002 / B25070_M002	4,323	±1,529
10.0 to 14.9 percentB25070_E003 / B25070_M003	20,900	±3,579
15.0 to 19.9 percentB25070_E004 / B25070_M004	28,397	±4,379
20.0 to 24.9 percentB25070_E005 / B25070_M005	37,415	±4,446
25.0 to 29.9 percentB25070_E006 / B25070_M006	31,947	±5,008
30.0 to 34.9 percentB25070_E007 / B25070_M007	24,691	±3,779
35.0 to 39.9 percentB25070_E008 / B25070_M008	21,637	±3,475
40.0 to 49.9 percentB25070_E009 / B25070_M009	28,157	±4,427
50.0 percent or moreB25070_E010 / B25070_M010	71,587	±6,931
Not computedB25070_E011 / B25070_M011	13,483	±2,986

Calculation: 100 * sum(B25070_E007..B25070_E010) / sum(B25070_E002..B25070_E010)

The excluded Not computed category includes units paying no rent and households reporting no income or a net loss. Excluded counts and shares remain visible; these units are not classified as unburdened.

All original published 90% cell margins of error remain attached. Derived aggregate count and percentage margins of error, confidence intervals and covariance are unknown. No independent-error or joint-coverage assumptions are introduced; full calculation decimals do not imply measurement accuracy.

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Source archives & dates

Source retrieved: 2026-10-30T00:51:18.586970+00:00. Evidence reviewed: 2026-10-30. These dates do not change the 2025 observation period.

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U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2025 American Community Survey one-year estimates, table B25070, Phoenix city, Arizona (1600000US0455000). BestCityToLive derived 54.3% from 146,072 housing units in the published 30%+ gross-rent-to-income bins / 269,054 units with a computed ratio; 13,483 not-computed units excluded (4.8% of 282,537 source-universe units). Original cell margins of error are at 90% confidence; an aggregate margin of error or confidence interval is not computed. Historical 2025 context, not current asking rent or a Civometra Index input. Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2025/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2025-b25070.dat Retrieved 2026-10-30T00:51:18.586970+00:00; reviewed 2026-10-30.

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A city name can describe several places.

The source calls this footprint Phoenix, urban-centre ID 4699. A morphological urban centre follows connected settlement; it does not establish municipal limits, current commuting patterns or a particular neighborhood’s conditions.

The atlas outline is a simplified design from the source geometry. The source reference point is not a surveyed address or a reviewed city-centre pin. A city’s municipal population, metro population and this projection may differ without any of them being the same measure.

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre · GHS Urban Centre Database 2025 · GHS-UCDB R2024A V1-2. Population is a short-range projection based on GHS-POP R2023A. Our density is an explicit arithmetic derivation. None of these quantities is an overall livability score.

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Source identity and reproducibility

Original archive SHA256: bc879d82320504f89df2041b7936221c8239cd808abe93980493aed062b4f3d6
Source unit: 4699 · Phoenix
Density calculation: 2608874.085 / 1304 = 2000.6703105828221 people/km²

The next layer of research

Questions worth taking into the city.

This is an evidence profile, with local guide research still pending. We have not assigned a new overall rank or filled unknown conditions from national averages. Use these questions to structure your own checks.

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Household costs and resources

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