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Valley cities compared.
City against city,
from the public record.

Side-by-side comparisons of Valley cities: population from the Census Bureau, sales tax from the Arizona Department of Revenue, property tax by tax area from Maricopa County, water, power, rules and housing stock from each city and the County Assessor. Places, not people, and no rankings.

Doug Palmer, Arizona REALTOR® · My Home Group Real Estate · Published 28 October 2026

The comparisons

City against city

Each page puts the two cities in one table, then walks through taxes, services, schools by name, getting around, parks, the houses and the market, and ends with my take on what kind of house each one offers.

CompareGilbert vs ChandlerGilbert and Chandler share a border, a freeway and nearly the same population.CompareScottsdale vs PhoenixPhoenix has nearly seven times Scottsdale's population and nearly three times its land.CompareMesa vs GilbertMesa and Gilbert charge the same city sales tax and share two school districts, and that is about where the match ends.CompareBuckeye vs GoodyearBuckeye and Goodyear have almost the same population, and Buckeye has twice the land.
The cities

Each city on its own

The full city pages carry every tax area, the housing stock by ZIP or area, and what is being built.

City pageGilbert real estateTax rates by tax area, utilities, housing stock, rules and the market.City pageChandler real estateTax rates by tax area, utilities, housing stock, rules and the market.City pageScottsdale real estateTax rates by tax area, utilities, housing stock, rules and the market.City pagePhoenix real estateTax rates by tax area, utilities, housing stock, rules and the market.City pageMesa real estateTax rates by tax area, utilities, housing stock, rules and the market.City pageBuckeye real estateTax rates by tax area, utilities, housing stock, rules and the market.City pageGoodyear real estateTax rates by tax area, utilities, housing stock, rules and the market.
Tools

Run the numbers

CalculatorMortgage paymentPrincipal, interest, taxes, insurance and HOA in one monthly number.CalculatorAffordabilityWhat price a monthly budget supports at today's rate.CalculatorSeller netWhat you walk away with after payoff, commission, title and escrow.GuideNeighborhoodsHistoric districts and master-planned communities, from city and county records.

Questions about two cities?

Send me the addresses you are weighing, in any two cities. I will pull the tax area, school district, utilities, HOA and comparable sales for each. Call or text 480-485-4261. If you already have an agent under contract, ask them first.

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