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

• 1 dead, 1 hurt as crash closes I-10 eastbound near Buckeye for hours AZ Family · Oct 5
• Driver killed in semi crash on I-10 near Buckeye 12News · Oct 8
• See historic photos of Buckeye from the 1960s and 1970s azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic · Oct 7
• Remains found in 1982 identified as a teen from Buckeye Yahoo · Oct 6
• Pedestrian killed after attempting to cross I-10 near Buckeye 12News · Oct 9

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Arizona headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

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 · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 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.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Buckeye

🏘️ Nearby Communities