† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCarefreeArizonaUnited States
German23.0%12.6%12.5%
English18.2%10.2%9.5%
Irish16.3%8.9%9.4%
Italian8.2%4.1%4.8%
American7.8%4.0%5.3%
Polish4.1%2.0%2.2%
French3.2%1.8%1.6%
Scottish3.2%1.7%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.6%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.7%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Mexican0.8%26.9%11.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Carefree
Arizona
United States
Median age
64.9
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
3.5%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
49.2%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Carefree
Arizona
United States
Median household income
$147,165
$79,964
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
12.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
61.0%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Carefree
Arizona
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.9%
25.8%
22.3%
Spanish
2.7%
19.3%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.3%
0.3%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Carefree
Arizona
United States
Catholic
—
21.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
10.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Carefree, Arizona
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−36.4%
2008
−34.4%
2012
−41.3%
2016
−29.7%
2020
−24.2%
2024
−27.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
36.1%Harris1,105
63.3%Trump1,937
0.6%
R+27.2
R+3.0
R+25.7
3,059
R
37.6%Biden1,128
61.7%Trump1,854
0.7%
R+24.2
D+5.5
R+28.6
3,003
R
32.8%Clinton824
62.5%Trump1,569
4.6%
R+29.7
D+11.6
R+31.8
2,509
R
28.3%Obama677
69.6%Romney1,665
2.1%
R+41.3
R+6.9
R+45.2
2,392
R
32.1%Obama704
66.5%McCain1,460
1.4%
R+34.4
D+1.9
R+41.7
2,195
R
31.1%Kerry609
67.4%Bush1,322
1.5%
R+36.4
—
R+33.9
1,960
Carefree sits at roughly 2,500 feet in the northern Sonoran Desert and draws retirees and high-income households, a demographic profile that has tracked closely with Republican preferences in every recent election cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 41.3 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.2 points.
A population of 3,683, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $147,165 describe the city.
In 2024, Carefree, Arizona voted Republican by 27.2 points (R+27.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,059 votes cast, 1,105 went Democratic and 1,937 went Republican.
How many people live in Carefree, Arizona?
Carefree, Arizona has a population of 3,683 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Carefree, Arizona?
Median household income in Carefree, Arizona is $147,165 — above the national median of $80,734. The Arizona state median is $79,964.
What is the political history of Carefree, Arizona?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Carefree, Arizona from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
