Housing in Camelback East at a glance
- Population
- about 144,456
- Housing units
- about 75,243
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $582,000Phoenix: $420,700 (+38%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,560 a monthPhoenix: $1,582 (-1%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 47.9%Phoenix: 57.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 57.2%
- Median year built
- 1975
The highest home value in Phoenix belongs to Camelback East: owners estimate $582,000, 38% above the city's $420,700, while neighbours Alhambra ($355,000) and South Mountain ($357,000) are far lower. Rent does not follow, as renters pay $1,560, only 1% less than $1,582 and sixth in the ranking. Renting households, 35,350, slightly outnumber owning ones, 32,521, which puts ownership at 47.9%, ninth of ten. The housing is old, with 57.2% of homes from before 1980, third-highest, and 1975 as the middle year. Renters here pay more than those in Alhambra ($1,340) or North Mountain ($1,410). The sector is east of the city's population centre and counts 144,456 residents. South Mountain, another neighbour, has owners at 64.1% and rent of $1,500, so the contrast with Camelback East is largely one of tenure. North Mountain, valued at $374,000, has owners at 53.3%, while Alhambra's rate is 46.8%, so ownership here is close to Alhambra's.
Questions about Camelback East
What is the median home value in Camelback East, Phoenix?
$582,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $420,700 for Phoenix as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Camelback East?
$1,560 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,582 in Phoenix (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Camelback East own or rent?
Most rent: 47.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 57.3% in Phoenix (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 37 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Camelback East is one of the 10 most populous of 15 urban villages of Phoenix: estimated population about 144,456 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Phoenix GIS, Villages, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Phoenix as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Camelback East
The closest sectors of Phoenix, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Camelback East. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Camelback East? Ask for your spot.