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Map of Queen Creek: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land18%4,757 of 26,854 acres
Trails38 mi0.9 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves1066 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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Town in Maricopa and Pinal counties in Arizona, United States
1990Established
59,519Population
29.2 sq miArea
1,404 ftElevation

Queen Creek is a town in the state of Arizona, United States, mostly in Maricopa County but partly in Pinal County. The population was 59,519 at the 2020 census, and is 83,700 as of 2024. Queen Creek is a suburb of Phoenix, located in the far southeast of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area – known locally as the Valley of the Sun – which the United States Office of Management and Budget designates as the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As such, it is also part of the Arizona Sun Corridor megaregion.

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ZIP code85142
Area code480
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Housing in Queen Creek

$627K≈ same as a year ago Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Queen Creek home is worth about $627,000, about the same as a year ago, 50% above the Arizona typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market65
Sale-to-list98.8%
Sold in May154
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Safety in Queen Creek

B+

Safety Grade B+

Queen Creek reports less crime per resident than 65% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Queen Creek 1.6
Arizona 3.8
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Queen Creek 7.7
Arizona 15.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A-

The public schools Queen Creek’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 77% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#5Best public schoolsof 117 in AZ
DistrictQueen Creek Unified District (4245)Schools34

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