Gold Canyon today is an unincorporated community located about 40 minutes east of the Phoenix SkyHarbor airport at the foot of the beautiful Superstition Mountains. Welcome to Gold Canyon Arizona.

Gold Canyon is a community made up of year round residents as well as seasonal "snow-birds" who come to the Gold Canyon area to escape the snow and cold of the areas they migrate from. Gold Canyon today sees a number of Canadians and Europeans escaping their cold weather months as well. There is something for everyone. Several award winning golf courses are located in the area. There are hiking trails as well as walking and biking paths. Desert wildlife abounds in the area. There are many home communities in all price ranges to choose from.

Browse through GoldCanyon.net to learn about the attractions of the area, the local non-profit groups, the local Gold Canyon businesses and if you are thinking about a home in the area, visit the Gold Canyon real estate section to search the area's MLS.  Also we have a section devoted to Gold Canyon's subdivisions. And be sure to check out our Blog Section.

Approximately 20,000 residents live in Gold Canyon. Median age is approximately 55.1. About 70.4% of the population are married. About 90% of the homes are owner-occupied. Education wise, approximately 36.9% have a college degree, about 28.6% have some college-no degree and 27.1% have a high school diploma.

Projected growth between 2006 and 2011 is 32.1%.

The area is bordered by state trust land. There is major freeway access. Commercial land still exists for development and there is commercial space ready for businesses to move into and occupy. Besides the approximate 40 minute access to Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport, there is also the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport which is only about 20 minutes away, with a growing number of flights to many locales.

Many events are hosted in Gold Canyon throughout the year. There are also summer-time celebrations for the national holiday "Day of the Cowboy". There are local community organizations such as A.D.O.B.E. and others.

(Some of these facts are provided from public information available through Republic Media.)
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We continue to work to update GoldCanyon.net. Be sure to check out  the Blog section for the website. If you have a community event you would like us to consider posting, please send the information to us. If you have a organization or business you would like us to consider posting, send that along as well. Our Event Calender is very popular and visited regularly by many, as if the Business Directory.

Our plan is to provide  links to information about businesses, organizations, attractions, real estate, churches, and more. If there is something happening in Gold Canyon today you would like to have considered to appear on the website, send an e-mail and let us know about it and we'll review it and consider adding it to the website. On an average there are usually more than 20,000 unique visitors monthly to GoldCanyon.net. These are local visitors who live in Gold Canyon, but also many out of the area visitors, as well as those investigating Gold Canyon as a place to visit or live.

Be sure to visit Gold Canyon today and everyday -- new things are added all the time.