TEMPE:

52% age 25 to 64

35% age 20 to 34

124,000 age 21 or over

 

75% of Tempe residents are age 21 or over.

 

0.7% Tempe population growth rate per year

 

1200 person growth per year, but more residents arrive as others leave.

(State of AZ = 2.7% growth per year)

 

Of the total 63,000 ASU students, about 29,580 of the Tempe Campus students are over age 21. 

 

ASU in Tempe is more than 700 acres

 

About 63,000 students attend ASU.  About 51,000 attend the Tempe campus location.

 

80% college students drink

39% college students drink more than 5 per week

 

There are approximately 476 liquor related arrests in Tempe each year.

 

Estimated 581 liquor related incidents per year without police involvement.

 

In October of 2006 more than 8,000 condo units were planned or under construction in Tempe.

 

Tempe has about 250 establishments ("bars") that serve on premised beer, liquor or wine in an open container.

 

There are nearly four million Tempe visitors per year!

 

19,000 daily motorists in Downtown Tempe.

 

13,000 daily pedestrians in Downtown Tempe

 

Approximately 165,000 Tempe residents.

 

Predominant psychographic of downtown Tempe shoppers:  Bohemium lifestyle, well educated, embrace diversity, enjoys the urban experience, artistic, no shopping mall desired.

 

Tempe has 7 Sister Cities:
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France / Carlow, Ireland / Lower Hutt, New Zealand / Regensburg, Germany / Skopje, Macedonia / Zhenjiang, China / Timbuktu, Mali

 

The Palo-Verde Lounge on Broadway is the oldest bar in Tempe, since 1961.

 

Hayden Butte is the actual name of A-Mountain

 

Tempe is 40 square miles.

 

Downtown Tempe is considered Tempe Town Lake to University Drive and College Avenue to Farmers Avenue. 

 

The Fall Festival of the Arts attracts nearly 250,000 people each year. 

 

The average Tempe resident spends more than 170 hours every year commuting to and from work.

 

Elevation ranges from 1140 feet at Tempe Town Lake to 1495 feet atop Hayden Butte. 

 

The Insight Bowl and Block Party attracts an estimated 194,000 fans and generates nearly $315 million in economic impact. 

 

The maximum average precipitation occurs in August.

 

On average, the warmest month is July.

 

On average, the coolest month is January.

 

 The coldest recorded day in Tempe, AZ was on Valentine's Day in 1955: 19 degrees.

 

The hottest month in Tempe, AZ is July with a record high of 119 degrees in 1972.

 

 Voodoo Daddy's is the only place to get authentic Cajun and Creole dining in Tempe, AZ.

 

Tempe Town Lake is an artificial lake completed on July 14, 1999 which is two miles long and covers 224 acres.  Average depth is only 13 feet.  Maximum depth is 19 feet.

 

The Tempe Town Lake amphitheatre accommodates 5,000 people for concerts or outdoor trade shows.

 

Tempe Town Lake is stocked with largemouth bass, crappie, sunfish, tilapia, carp, and channel catfish in the summer, and rainbow trout in the winter.

 

An Arizona fishing license is required to fish in Tempe Town Lake. The lake is stocked numerous times throughout the year.