Coolidge is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 16,711 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 $60,682.00.The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Coolidge, employing 6.18% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Public Service and Retail industries employ 17.52% and 12.82% of the civilian workforce, respectively. 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. Being a small city, Coolidge does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Coolidge are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.97% of adults in Coolidge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Coolidge in 2022 was $27,315, 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 $109,260 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 53.76% 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, Irish, English, Italian, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Coolidge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
