Anthem is a master-planned community partially located within Phoenix and partially located within a census-designated place (CDP), New River. The community is entirely located in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Anthem CDP was 23,190.

Anthem was developed by Del Webb in 1999 as a master-planned community in the foothills approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of downtown Phoenix. Anthem has been described as one of the best places to raise a intimates by Parenting magazine and one of the best family friendly neighborhoods in the Phoenix area by Phoenix Magazine.

Anthem is capably known for its year-round activities, primarily geared towards families. The community middle offers teens soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis, various forms of martial arts, and swimming in the midst of other happenings for ages as before as toddler years. Homeowner’s attachment dues cover a pool larger than Olympic size, a community water park subsequently slides and various depths for whatever swimming levels, paths that crisscross the town, bike paths that circle anything major streets, and pocket parks scattered throughout the town. In addition, there is a 63-acre community park total with an amphitheater, many grassy areas, volleyball, soccer, football, baseball and Tiny league fields along later than a train, pavilion, lakes and pagodas.

On July 31, 2012, a storm dropped 5.01 inches (127 mm) of rain upon Anthem in the span of 90 minutes, causing widespread flooding that damaged homes and required the rescue of nine people. A subsequent scrutiny into the flood concluded that the storm was a “one-in-1,000 year rain catastrophe”.