WeSERV Pinal County and City of Eloy Housing Demand Survey 2024
What kind of housing is needed? What is a good price point for housing? How do we lower rental and purchase housing prices? What do renters and buyers need or want in the community in order to have a good quality of life? What are resident’s concerns for the future as the area grows?
These and other questions are being asked by local government officials, employers and residents in Pinal County and the Eloy area. While WeSERV sees a lot of speculation based on “common knowledge”, we wanted to find out directly from the people living and working in Pinal County and the Eloy area.
WeSERV conducted a 2-part Housing Demand Survey. Part one focusses on in person interviews with more than 340 residents of Pinal County living in the area between Eloy and Florence. Part two of the survey was WeSERV members. Read the WeSERV Pinal County & City of Eloy Housing Demand Survey 2024.
Through a grant from NAR, WeSERV worked with American Strategies to create an in person survey of Pinal County residents focusing on the housing needs of wage earners with a gross income between $45,000/year and $95,000/year. Most of the jobs being created, or already existing, pay within this wage range and from all accounts, these wage earners are having the most difficulty locating housing (rental or purchase) that fits within their budget. We chose to concentrate on the area between Eloy and Florence because of the new companies and jobs we will soon see there and the specific interest of the City of Eloy and County of Pinal.
The second part of our survey was a survey of WeSERV members (Real estate agents and brokers) who live and work in Pinal County.
Our questions for both groups were open ended and allowed individuals to respond specifically, not just check a box. As a result we have a considerable number of verbatim comments from both residents (over 430 residents) and WeSERV members.
In upcoming blogposts, I will highlight several questions and the responses from both WeSERV members and residents. We asked questions regarding housing types and size, Housing availability vs. housing affordability, housing amenities, community amenities, quality of life, infrastructure, and future expectations.
As you read the survey, realize the information is applicable to West Valley, Southeast Valley, Cochise and Santa Cruz. All of these areas have a similar problem – not enough wage earner housing ($45,000/yr to $95,000/yr incomes) and rapid growth.
The verbatim responses are worth a read. People were generous with their comments illustrating their concerns and suggestions.