Web Design · Tempe, AZ
Tempe web design for a city where most households rent
Nearly six in ten Tempe households rent their home. That one number changes who your website is talking to, and what it has to say first.
Tempe is the rare Valley city where owners are the minority. Census estimates put owner-occupied homes at 42.3 percent and the median resident at 30 years old. For a plumber, a landscaper or a cleaning company, that splits the audience in two. The tenant who notices the leak is not the person who pays to fix it, and the property manager who does pay has a vendor list, a spreadsheet and no patience. A Tempe site written only for homeowners is written for the smaller half of the city.
So the design starts with structure, not color. One clear path for renters: report the problem, and we will coordinate with your landlord. A second for property managers and HOAs: insurance certificate, how you invoice, how fast you respond. And homeowner pages that speak to the city's older housing, because half of Tempe's homes were built in 1984 or earlier, and the water heaters, ductwork and electrical panels inside them have aged right along with the stucco.
Then there is who moves here. Arizona State University, State Farm, JPMorgan Chase and Honeywell each employ thousands of people in Tempe, which means a steady stream of new hires who arrive, sign a lease and search for a dentist, a mechanic and a barber in the same month. Our web design packages start at $1,500 for up to ten pages, with content writing, lead capture and online booking included. Most sites go live in seven to ten days, comfortably ahead of the next fall semester.
What web design has to get right in Tempe
- Separate paths for tenants, property managers and homeowners, each with its own call to action
- A vendor page for property managers: insurance certificate, invoicing terms, response times
- Service pages that name the problems of 1970s and 1980s housing, written from real Tempe jobs
- Online booking that does not make a customer create an account first
- Pages that load quickly on a phone, where a 30-year-old median customer does nearly all the research
Websites from $1,500
Fixed prices by page count, 0% financing with 25% down, most sites live in 7–10 days.
Tempe by the numbers
+11.7% (161,719 to 180,587)
Population growth, 2010–2020 census
Tempe, Arizona — Wikipedia (U.S. Census counts)Businesses online
Nationally, a 2025 Clutch survey found 83% of U.S. small businesses now have a website, which leaves 17% with none. That is a U.S. figure, not a Tempe one; locally, Census estimates show 94.0% of Tempe households have a broadband subscription, so the customers are online even where some businesses are not.
Clutch via Business Wire, August 2025What runs Tempe
Major employers
Arizona State University (8,010 employees, FY2020) · State Farm Insurance (6,550) · Freedom Financial Network (2,300) · JPMorgan Chase Bank (2,220) · City of Tempe (1,983) · Honeywell (1,540)
The Tempe calendar
- FebruaryInnings FestivalMusic festival at Tempe Beach Park, timed to the start of spring training.
- February–MarchLos Angeles Angels spring trainingCactus League games at Tempe Diablo Stadium, the Angels' spring home since 1993.
- September–NovemberArizona State Sun Devils footballBig 12 home games at Sun Devil Stadium.
- Late NovemberIronman ArizonaFull-distance Ironman triathlon held in Tempe.
Local color
Home teams
Arizona State Sun Devils (Big 12) · Los Angeles Angels (spring training, Tempe Diablo Stadium) · Arizona Cardinals (team headquarters; home games in Glendale)
Hometown names
- Carl Hayden — born in Hayden's Ferry (renamed Tempe in 1878); served Arizona in the U.S. Senate for 42 years
- Gin Blossoms — rock band formed in Tempe in 1987, of "Hey Jealousy" fame
- Darrell Duppa — pioneer who suggested the name Tempe, after the Vale of Tempe in Greece
Did you know? Tempe Town Lake was filled with Colorado River water in the summer of 1999; in July 2010 an inflatable rubber dam burst at 9:45 at night and drained the whole lake into the Salt River bed. It was refilled and reopened that October.
Sources for the facts on this page
- Census Reporter — Tempe, AZ (ACS 2020–2024)
- Tempe, Arizona — Wikipedia (employers per FY2020 city financial report, headquarters, events, sports)
- Tempe Town Lake — Wikipedia
- Innings Festival — Wikipedia
- Cactus League — Wikipedia
- Carl Hayden — Wikipedia
- Gin Blossoms — Wikipedia
- Clutch small business website report via Business Wire (Aug 2025)
Web Design for Tempe businesses
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Pick what you need and the price appears on the spot. The developer follows up by phone, text or email — whichever you choose, whenever suits you.
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How many pages should the site have?
We recommend 51 to 70 pages for the best initial organic SEO rankings: it gives the site proper page depth.
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Web Design in Tempe: questions we hear.
A lot of our calls come from renters who can't approve the work. Should the website deal with that?
Yes, and plainly. Tell the renter what to send you (address, photos, landlord contact) and that you will handle the approval. It turns a dead-end call into a job, and it shows the property manager you won't create extra work for them.
Is a separate page for Tempe property managers worth it?
Usually. Property managers hire vendors in batches and value paperwork over prose. A short page with your insurance certificate, invoicing terms and service area often does more than a whole homepage of adjectives.
Could a new site be ready before the fall move-in rush?
Very likely. Builds start within 24 hours of the go-ahead and most go live in seven to ten days once content is settled. The constraint is usually photos and approvals, not the build.
Web Design for Tempe, priced in the open.
Fifteen minutes with the developer, a straight answer, and a number in writing.
