Arizona · Census place 0452930

Paradise Valley, Arizona

Paradise Valley is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona with an estimated 12,523 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 42nd largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,523
#42 of 85 in Arizona
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-163 people
Land area
15.4 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
814 / sq mi
State median 980
Orange pin: Paradise Valley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Phoenix.

Paradise Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Paradise Valley lost 163 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -34. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Paradise Valley is 34% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,661. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Paradise Valley covers 15.38 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 814 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Paradise Valley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Paradise Valley is in

All of Paradise Valley's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Paradise Valley holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Paradise Valley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Paradise Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85253. 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 Paradise Valley is

The Census internal point of Paradise Valley is at 33.552200, -111.961300. Phoenix, the capital, is 9.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Phoenix, AZ (1,673,164 people), 7.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.552200, -111.961300
DMS
33°33'7.92"N 111°57'40.68"W
UTM
12N 410761.3E 3712920.4N
Geohash
9tbqu7br8
Plus code
855CH22Q+VF

Daylight in Paradise Valley

At 33.55° N, Paradise Valley gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Paradise Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Phoenix, 7.5 miles away, with 1,673,164 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Paradise Valley, AZ?

12,523 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 163 (1.3%) from 12,686 in July 2020.

What county is Paradise Valley in?

Maricopa County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Paradise Valley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85253.

How far is Paradise Valley from Phoenix?

9.7 miles (15.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Paradise Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Paradise Valley?

Phoenix, AZ, with 1,673,164 residents, 7.5 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.