Ahwatukee ("Ahwatukee Foothills Village") is a bedroom community located just 15 minutes south of downtown Phoenix. The majority of its residents are affluent, college educated and between the ages of 25-48, with an average income of $67,000 annually. Although annexed by the City of Phoenix, many of its residents consider it a separate city. It is one of the city's 15 urban villages. The 35.8 square-mile village currently has a population of approximately 85,000 people.
The village falls within three zip codes: - 85044 (population 40,000)- Covers the area north of Chandler Boulevard and roughly east of 32d Street. It has a median income of approximately $60,000.
History
Legend has it that in 1921, Dr. and Mrs. W.V.B. Ames built a house on approximately 2,000 acres on the southeast side of the South Mountains. They gave the area its original name, Casa de Sueños, which in Spanish means, "House of Our Dreams." Dr. Ames died within just three months of moving into the house, and after Mrs. Ames' death in 1933 the house and most of the land was willed to St. Luke's Hospital, then bought in 1935 by Miss Helen Brinton, who appeared to have retranslated the name of the house to the Crow word which now serves as the name of the village. The house was demolished in 1979, and parts of it were used to build the Our Lady of Guadalupe church.
As it turns out, the Crow translation for "House of Dreams" (ashe ammeewiawe) sounds nothing like Ahwatukee. More likely, the town was named after the Crow words awe chuuke, meaning "land on the other side of the hill," or "land in the next valley."
In 1971 part of the land was purchased, subdivided, and developed into a residential community by the Presley Development Company, owned by Elvis Presley's uncle.
Today
Picturesque views in an environmentally rich location with excellent schools, neighborhood restaurants, eclectic boutiques, and 21 nature parks all within a few minutes commute to downtown Phoenix, make the purchase of Ahwatukee real estate one of the most desirable in the Valley of the Sun. We have taken this opportunity to provide you with access to the Ahwatukee MLS here.
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