Located in the northwestern quadrant of the Greater Phoenix region, El Mirage is a distinguished community that encompasses 11 square miles of opportunity.

Ideally positioned along U.S. 60, the Burlington Northern Railroad and Thunderbird Road, El Mirage has experienced 55% population growth within the past 10 years.

Being just 25 miles from downtown Phoenix and Sky Harbor International Airport, affords the City of El Mirage all the amenities of a major metropolitan area while maintaining a small community atmosphere. 

The labor force and availability of real estate make El Mirage the right location for home or business.

El Mirage has a wonderful small town feel with opportunities in its future. The town was founded in 1937 as a farm town. The town's heritage is Hispanic, which is evident in many of its celebrations.

Today El Mirage's population is over 40,000. It sits at an elevation of 1,100 feet. El Mirage has a sunny climate with a summer high temperature of 102 degrees and a winter low temperature of 33 degrees.

Even though El Mirage began as a farm community, it is beginning to grow economically with new businesses coming to the area. However, El Mirage will never lose its small town family roots.

Several migrant farm workers founded El Mirage in 1937. This group was in search of a permanent place to live and raise their families. El Mirage became the perfect spot to live and work. The community continues to be strong and those that come to the town to live, remain for many generations.

In 1951, the town was incorporated. Farming was and still is what makes the town prosper. El Mirage is  small town. While other towns around El Mirage are growing, El Mirage has received a very slow steady increase in population. Today, El Mirage has chosen an aggressive policy for attracting new businesses to the city. El Mirage will be a town of the future. It has no property tax and an ideal location near the Santa Fe Railroad and freeways
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Some of the more popular local events include the Founders Day March, Cinco de Mayo, and Fiesta Patrias in September. There are not many small town experiences to be found in the Phoenix metropolitan area anymore as rapid growth is transforming small sleepy communities like El Mirage to busy thriving cities.