Buckeye vs Indio
The short version
- Buckeye is cheaper overall: prices in its metro run 3% lower than in the Indio area (BEA 2024).
- The median home costs $419,800 in Buckeye and $458,400 in Indio.
- Households earn more in Buckeye ($99,486 vs $77,167 median).
- Indio has the warmer winter: January highs of 71°F vs 66°F.
- Buckeye is growing faster: +37.1% since 2020 vs +5.6%.
- Commutes are shorter in Indio (23 vs 33 minutes each way).
Side by side
| Buckeye, AZ | Indio, CA | |
|---|---|---|
| People | ||
| Population (2025) | 125,445 | 94,269 |
| Growth since 2020 | +37.1% | +5.6% |
| People per square mile | 317 | 2,841 |
| Median age | 35.7 | 38.6 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 25% | 21% |
| Money and housing | ||
| Median household income | $99,486 | $77,167 |
| Median home value | $419,800 | $458,400 |
| Home value to income | 4.2× | 5.9× |
| Median rent (with utilities) | $1,963 | $1,437 |
| Metro price level (US = 100) | 103.3 | 106.4 |
| Housing price level (US = 100) | 121.2 | 129.3 |
| $75,000 elsewhere equals | $77,500 | $79,800 |
| Homeowners | 86% | 67% |
| Top state income tax | 2.5% | 13.3% |
| Combined sales tax | 8.54% | 9.03% |
| Work and commute | ||
| Average commute (minutes) | 33.3 | 23.0 |
| Work from home | 20% | 5% |
| Take public transit | 1% | 1% |
| Unemployment (2020-24 avg) | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Poverty rate | 8% | 11.5% |
| Weather | ||
| January high / low | 66° / 43° | 71° / 39° |
| July high / low | 107° / 81° | 107° / 76° |
| Precipitation per year | 8 in | 3 in |
| Snowfall per year | 0 in | 0 in |
| Days 90°F or hotter | 173 | 187 |
| Nights below freezing | 7 | 19 |
| Comfortable months | 6 | 3 |
| Risks, air and home prices | ||
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA, county) | Very High | Very High |
| FEMA risk score (lower is safer) | 99.9 | 99.9 |
| Good air days, 2025 | 7% | 7% |
| Home prices, past year | +0.8% | +0.8% |
| Home prices, past 5 years | +35.8% | +35.9% |
Highlighted cells are the better value where "better" is clear (lower prices, higher income, shorter commutes). Sources: Census Bureau 2025 estimates and ACS 2020-2024, BEA 2024, NOAA 1991-2020, Tax Foundation 2026.
Weather, month by month
Most comfortable months: Buckeye: November to April. Indio: February to March and November.
Full monthly tables: Buckeye weather by month and Indio weather by month.
What $75,000 is worth
A $75,000 salary in an average-priced US city buys about the same as $77,500 in Buckeye and $79,800 in Indio. Moving from Buckeye to Indio, you would need about $77,300 to match a $75,000 salary.
Moving between Buckeye and Indio
IRS county-to-county migration, 2022 to 2023 tax years, for the counties that contain each city. See where else people move from Buckeye and Indio.
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