Arizona · Census place 0411300
Cave Creek, Arizona
Cave Creek is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona with an estimated 5,177 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 57th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,177
- #57 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- +5.0%
- +246 people
- Land area
- 37.7 sq mi
- Density
- 137 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Cave Creek population, 2020 to 2024
Cave Creek added 246 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +2. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Cave Creek is 14% of it.
Cave Creek covers 37.71 square miles of land, for 137 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Cave Creek is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cave Creek is in
All of Cave Creek's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Cave Creek holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cave Creek
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cave Creek by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85331. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cave Creek is
The Census internal point of Cave Creek is at 33.836200, -111.982100. Phoenix, the capital, is 27.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Scottsdale, AZ (246,170 people), 12.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.836200, -111.982100
- DMS
- 33°50'10.32"N 111°58'55.56"W
- UTM
- 12N 409129.8E 3744428.1N
- Geohash
- 9w027z9n5
- Plus code
- 855CR2P9+F5
Daylight in Cave Creek
At 33.84° N, Cave Creek gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cave Creek
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Carefree, 4.0 miles away, with 3,657 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cave Creek, AZ?
5,177 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 246 (5.0%) from 4,931 in July 2020.
What county is Cave Creek in?
Maricopa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cave Creek?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85331.
How far is Cave Creek from Phoenix?
27.3 miles (44.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Cave Creek.
What is the nearest larger city to Cave Creek?
Scottsdale, AZ, with 246,170 residents, 12.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.