Apartments for Rent in Maryvale, Phoenix, AZ - 261 Rentals available

Maryvale—Arizona’s first master planned community—is the most populated (and affordable) of Phoenix’s 15 urban villages. Spanning 32 square miles, it stretches from the Agua Fria River in the west to 27^th Avenue in the east, with Camelback Road and Interstate 10 delimitating its northern and southern borders.

Otherwise known as “West Phoenix”, Maryvale is situated a few minutes northwest of Central City Phoenix. From Maryvale’s eastern edge, the drive takes no more than 10 minutes via interstates 10 or 17. From the center it takes little over 25 minutes.

While average salaries might be slightly lower than elsewhere in the US, the cheap cost of living more than makes up for it. Housing and utilities are especially affordable. And the cost of eating out at one of the neighborhood’s diverse and inexpensive restaurants is unlikely to set you back more than $15.

With Maryvale’s proximity to Phoenix’s center, the vast majority of residents commute by car. But the cost of public transportation is also low or even free (in the case of the Valley Metro that circulates Maryvale).

Maryvale boasts a young and diverse community. It has a large Latino population, for which reason many businesses display their signs in both English and Spanish. And this only adds to the cultural and culinary variety—the latter particularly well catered for by the neighborhood’s beloved “eloteros” (street vendors) who compete with some of the best restaurants in Maryvale.

Maryvale is also a densely-packed neighborhood, with more schools, churches and parks per square mile than anywhere else in the valley. And this comes at a price: statistically speaking Maryvale has something of a reputation as a dangerous neighborhood. But, as long-time residents will testify, the nature of the crimes committed pose little to no everyday danger to Maryvale’s residents.

Maryvale is home to the Ak-Chin Pavilion: an amphitheater particularly popular among rock and metal groups with a capacity of 20,000. For sports fans, there’s Maryvale Baseball Park—training ground of the Milwaukee Brewers. And for lovers of the great outdoors there’s everything Arizona has to offer on your doorstep.

The Desert Sky Mall offers the ultimate shopping experience. And at the heart of the community life is the Maryvale Community Center which, with its wide range of activities, caters for all age groups and interests.

Most of Maryvale’s residents work in the construction, administrative or retail industries. The Maryvale and Desert Sky malls are big employers. Healthcare also provides many jobs in Maryvale, especially at the Maryvale Parkway and Banner Estrella medical centers.

Alhambra Traditional School performs strongly at elementary and middle stages while the top high schools in the district are Precision Academy, Westland School and Arizona Collegiate. For higher education, Maryvale is home to Grand Canyon University—a private Christian university—which has its campus on the neighborhood’s northeastern extremities.

Arizona law safeguards the rights of renters. But it’s still always worth following some advice: make sure all correspondence between you and your landlord is recorded in writing. Keep dated records of any rent paid. And bear in mind that, without proper given notice, landlords have no right to access the property.