Housing in North Mountain at a glance
- Population
- about 170,250
- Housing units
- about 71,789
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $374,000Phoenix: $420,700 (-11%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,410 a monthPhoenix: $1,582 (-11%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 53.3%Phoenix: 57.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 61%
- Median year built
- 1976
North Mountain holds the second-oldest housing in Phoenix: 61% of homes went up before 1980, and the median year built is 1976, although Alhambra is older still, at 72.9%. Rent is low, $1,410, 11% under Phoenix's $1,582 and ninth in the ranking. Values also fall short of the city benchmark, at $374,000, which is 11% beneath $420,700, compared with Deer Valley's $412,000 and Paradise Valley's $520,000. Owning households number 35,978 and renting ones 31,470, an ownership share of 53.3%, between Alhambra's 46.8% and Deer Valley's 64.2%. The sector lies north of the population centre. Paradise Valley's renters pay $1,770 and Deer Valley's $1,660. Alhambra's rent of $1,340 is the only one lower among the neighbours, and the sector counts 170,250 residents. Deer Valley has far fewer older homes, 24% against 61% here, and its rent of $1,660 is higher than North Mountain's. The sector has 71,789 homes. Its rent is nearer Alhambra's than Paradise Valley's.
Questions about North Mountain
What is the median home value in North Mountain, Phoenix?
$374,000 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 North Mountain?
$1,410 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 North Mountain own or rent?
Most own: 53.3% 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 36 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.
North Mountain is one of the 10 most populous of 15 urban villages of Phoenix: estimated population about 170,250 (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 North Mountain
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 North Mountain. 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 North Mountain? Ask for your spot.