Buckeye, Arizona
About Buckeye
Set in the western part of Arizona, Buckeye is a mid-size city, home to 114,334 residents as of the latest Census estimates. It stands among the 500 most populous places in the United States (#274 nationwide).
Buckeye holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 395.38 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 289 residents per square mile.
📰 Buckeye News Today
- Festival Ranch Marketplace is coming to Buckeye AZ Big Media · Aug 17
- Monsoon storms leave trail of destruction at Buckeye family ranch AZ Family · Aug 11
- ‘Emersa,’ an observatory-inspired cocktail bar to debut in Buckeye ABC15 Arizona · Jul 31
- Officials provide final update as Hazen Fire suppression operations wind down KTAR News 92.3 FM · May 8
- Lynne Wilson Obituary (2026) - Buckeye, AZ - Arizona Daily Star Legacy obituary · Aug 3
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Buckeye Unique
- A top-25 city in Arizona by population (#12 of 91 incorporated places).
- Unusually large footprint: 395.38 sq mi of land — bigger than many US counties' seats.
- Positioned in western Arizona, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A deep job market and services that draw people from across the region.
- Serious economic gravity — one of the region's employment and cultural hubs.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 14 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Buckeye
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Buckeye
- Denny's — american
- Native New Yorker — american
- Pizza Hut — pizza
- Argento's Pizza & Wings — pizza
- Barro's Pizza — pizza
- Black Rock Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- Cracker Barrel — american
- Dutch Bros. Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- Millstone Cafe — coffee shop (café)
- Palermo's Pizza
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Buckeye Valley Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Buckeye
- Robbins Butte Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Skyline Regional Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Sundance Park reviews ★
- Benbow Veterans Memorial Park reviews ★
- Buckeye Town Park reviews ★
- Dahlia Park reviews ★
- Earl Edgar Park reviews ★
- Indigo Park reviews ★
- Kell Park reviews ★
- Roundabout Park #1 reviews ★
- Roundabout Park #2 reviews ★
- Sunflower Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Buckeye
- Great Hearts Academies - Roosevelt
- Imagine Schools at Buckeye
- Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies
- Painted Desert Montessori LLC
- Sequoia Pathfinder Academy at Verrado Way and I-10
- Skyview High School
- Southwest Campus
- The Odyssey Preparatory Academy
- The Odyssey Preparatory Academy - Sienna Hills
- ThrivePoint High School at Buckeye
- Verrado High School
- West-MEC - Buckeye Union High School
- West-MEC - Verrado High School
- West-MEC - Youngker High School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.