Scottsdale, Arizona

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Phoenix. It is located about 15 miles [24 km] to the southwest of Scottsdale and has a population of 1,321,045 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Mesa. It is located about 21 miles [33 km] to the southeast of Scottsdale and has a population of 396,375 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apache Junction	SE	27 mi [43.45 km]	32,776	3.02% increase
	Avondale	SW	33 mi [53.1 km]	81,299	126.57% increase
	Buckeye	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	47,261	622.98% increase
	Chandler	S	27 mi [43.45 km]	247,140	39.96% increase
	El Mirage	S	20 mi [32.19 km]	24,751	225.29% increase
	Florence	SE	50 mi [80.5 km]	20,781	21.85% increase
	Fountain Hills	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	25,227	24.67% increase
	Gilbert	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	216,449	97.32% increase
	Glendale	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	251,522	14.95% increase
	Goodyear	SW	38 mi [61.2 km]	59,508	214.67% increase
	Paradise Valley	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	14,990	9.7% increase
	Payson	NE	49 mi [78.9 km]	15,486	13.7% increase
	Peoria	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	157,960	45.77% increase
	Surprise	W	33 mi [53.1 km]	92,897	201.14% increase
	Tempe	S	20 mi [32.19 km]	175,523	10.65% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Canyon Village	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Carefree	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	3,862	31.94% increase
	Cave Creek	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	5,428	45.6% increase
	Central Park Village	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Cheyenne Village	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Continental Village	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Hohokam Village	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Palm Lakes Village	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Papago Peaks Village	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Paradise City	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Paradise Village North II	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Pinnacle Peak Village	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Rio Verde	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Shadow Mountain Village Scottsdale	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	The Town Square	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	---

Maricopa County

Scottsdale is located in Maricopa County.

Below are counties that are near Scottsdale (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Scottsdale:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Scottsdale
	Cochise County	S	Crestview	26 miles [41 km]
	Gila County	S	Salt River	15 miles [24 km]
	Pinal County	SE	Youngberg	26 miles [41 km]
	Yavapai County	NW	Gillette	28 miles [45 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Arizona<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Scottsdale. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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