85014, 85016, 85018 · peak month May

Arcadia rental market

The highest rent per square foot we manage, the slowest to soften, and the least tolerant of a poorly presented listing.

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Arcadia, Phoenix metro residential streets

Arcadia, 85014

Arcadia on the numbers

$2,350Median asking rent, 2 bed
$2.18Rent per square foot
16 daysAverage days on market
4.1%Vacancy rate
34%Renter households
27 monthsAverage tenancy
+3.8%Rent, year on year
MayPeak listing month

Reading this submarket

Arcadia sits between Phoenix and Scottsdale on the flat ground under Camelback Mountain, and it behaves like a separate market from both. Stock is dominated by single-storey brick ranches from the 1950s and 1960s on lots that would be subdivided anywhere else, which is exactly why they rent at a premium.

Demand is deep and stable rather than spiky. Sixteen days on market is a genuine average, not a headline: well-presented houses go in a week and tired ones sit for a month. Concessions are rare enough that offering one signals a problem with the property rather than the market.

Tenancies run long here. Our average is 27 months, and we see a meaningful number of four and five year tenancies in the larger houses. That length is worth more to an owner than the last $100 of asking rent, which is the argument we make at every renewal review.

If you own here

Arcadia rewards presentation more than any submarket we manage. A house that shows well with the pool clear and the citrus trimmed will out-earn an identical neglected house by $250 to $400 a month.

Owner services

If you are renting here

Expect to compete. Bring a complete application on the first showing, including proof of income and the reference letters, because half-finished applications lose here.

Tenant hub

Timing

Peak month is May and the softest is December. Concessions: rare. roughly 1 in 12 listings offers half a month free.

The Phoenix rent cycle

School, transit and amenity context

Housing stock
1950s and 1960s brick ranches on 10,000 sq ft plus lots, with a thin layer of newer infill duplexes
Schools
Served by Creighton and Scottsdale Unified depending on the side of 44th Street. Families check the boundary before signing, and so do we.
Transit and getting around
Car-first. Valley Metro bus on Camelback and Indian School, no light rail. Arizona Canal path is the main walking and cycling route.
Amenities nearby
The 16th Street and 40th Street restaurant rows, LGO, Camelback Mountain trailheads, Arcadia Farms. Grocery within five minutes almost anywhere in the zone.