Maricopa is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 66,290 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Maricopa is the 18th largest community in Arizona. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Maricopa, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Maricopa, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Maricopa’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Maricopa does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $88,795.00.

Also of interest is that Maricopa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.73% 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.

One downside of living in Maricopa is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Maricopa, the average commute to work is 36.86 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The citizens of Maricopa are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.03% of adults in Maricopa having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Maricopa in 2022 was $33,574, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,296 for a family of four. However, Maricopa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Maricopa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Maricopa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maricopa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Maricopa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.57% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Maricopa include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Maricopa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.