Editing Fountain Hills, Arizona (section)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1980= 2771
|1990= 10030
|2000= 20235
|2010= 22489
|2020= 23820
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 23,820 people in 11,918 households in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1113.8|PD/sqmi|/sqkm}}. There were 13,167 housing units at an average density of {{convert|577.5|/sqmi|/sqkm}}. The ethnic makeup of the town was 94.1% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.8% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander]], 1.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race make up 4.1% of the population.

There were 11,918 households, out of which 18.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. Householders living alone make up 25.7% of all households, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.56.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 14.4% under the age of 18, 85.6% 18 years and over, and 27.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53.9 years. There were 47.8% males and 52.2% females.

According to the 2020 [[American Community Survey]], the median income for a household in Fountain Hills for the period 2016-2020 was $85,200.<ref name=QuickFacts/>

The [[per capita income]] for the town was $59,791. About 3.3% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.