Coolidge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 18,293 people and two associated neighborhoods, Coolidge is the 46th largest community in Arizona. Coolidge has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Coolidge, where the median household income is $57,161.00.Coolidge is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Coolidge is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coolidge who work in office and administrative support (14.87%), law enforcement and fire fighting (13.25%), and sales jobs (8.85%). Coolidge is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Coolidge, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. A relatively large number of people in Coolidge telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.01% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Coolidge has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Coolidge has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Coolidge than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Coolidge may be for you. Coolidge is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Coolidge with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.21% of adults in Coolidge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Coolidge in 2022 was $28,642, which is middle income relative to Arizona, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,568 for a family of four. However, Coolidge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Coolidge is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Coolidge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Coolidge, accounting for 54.07% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Coolidge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Coolidge include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Coolidge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
