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. Much of the housing stock in Coolidge was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Coolidge economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. 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%). There are many members of the armed forces living in Coolidge. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.01% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. As is often the case in a small city, Coolidge doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, the citizens of Coolidge rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.21% of adults 25 and older in Coolidge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. 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.
