Arizona cities — momentum scores, home values & rankings

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70 Arizona cities tracked. Sorted by composite momentum score (home prices, rent, population).

What to know if you’re moving here

Across 57 tracked Arizona cities, the median home is $396,646 — in line with the national median, with prices roughly flat year-over-year. Expect hot summers and mild winters at the state level. Main natural-disaster exposure: wildfire. Median household income runs near $72,900.

70
Cities tracked
$397,789
Median home (state)
29
Rising / Hot
4
Cooling / Declining

Paradise Valley

pop 12,523
81
Hot$3,503,410 · +12.9%

San Luis

pop 40,064
78
Hot$237,938 · +2.0%

Somerton

pop 14,902
77
Rising$270,483 · +4.0%

Thatcher

pop 5,627
77
Rising$354,023 · +5.7%

Golden Valley

pop 8,801
76
Rising$243,136 · +4.8%

Cave Creek

pop 5,177
74
Rising$1,055,340 · +1.5%

Paulden

pop 5,567
73
Rising$443,908 · +2.0%

Yuma

pop 103,559
72
Rising$297,323 · +1.0%

Chino Valley

pop 13,911
72
Rising$498,110 · +1.5%

New River

pop 17,290
72
Rising$767,379 · +1.6%

Three Points

pop 5,184
72
Rising$285,169 · +2.0%

Rio Rico

pop 20,549
72
Rising$273,818 · +1.5%

Show Low

pop 12,366
71
Rising$436,578 · +1.0%

Snowflake

pop 6,736
71
Rising$339,841 · +1.8%

Safford

pop 10,257
70
Rising$287,764 · +3.7%

Camp Verde

pop 12,608
68
Rising$429,215 · +1.7%

Kingman

pop 35,383
67
Rising$275,237 · +2.5%

Cottonwood

pop 12,939
67
Rising$395,666 · +0.1%

Scottsdale

pop 246,170
66
Rising$858,307 · +1.8%

Wickenburg

pop 8,301
66
Rising$516,630 · -0.8%

Benson

pop 5,499
66
Rising$253,513 · +1.6%

Flagstaff

pop 77,539
65
Rising$660,972 · -0.2%

Nogales

pop 19,965
65
Rising$223,449 · +0.7%

Queen Creek

pop 83,781
64
Rising$635,865 · -0.4%

Bullhead City

pop 43,266
64
Rising$301,420 · +2.3%

Catalina

pop 7,551
64
Rising$406,244 · -0.6%

Marana

pop 62,380
63
Rising$435,871 · -1.6%

Prescott Valley

pop 51,440
63
Rising$460,173 · +0.3%

Sierra Vista

pop 44,710
63
Rising$301,603 · +1.6%

Oro Valley

pop 48,855
61
Stable$505,923 · -1.0%

Prescott

pop 48,224
61
Stable$603,256 · -0.5%

Fountain Hills

pop 23,696
61
Stable$668,911 · +1.1%

Coolidge

pop 19,674
61
Stable$268,769 · -1.3%

Payson

pop 16,762
61
Stable$446,161 · -1.4%

Tolleson

pop 9,353
61
Stable$396,646 · -2.2%

Apache Junction

pop 44,309
59
Stable$375,611 · -1.8%

Sahuarita

pop 37,448
58
Stable$352,706 · -2.2%

Sedona

pop 9,778
58
Stable$906,178 · -1.2%

Gilbert

pop 288,790
57
Stable$574,098 · -1.0%

Goodyear

pop 118,186
57
Stable$470,432 · -1.1%

Buckeye

pop 114,334
57
Stable$396,322 · -1.3%

Casa Grande

pop 68,927
57
Stable$319,147 · -2.0%

Lake Havasu City

pop 59,037
57
Stable$464,630 · -1.1%

Eloy

pop 19,199
57
Stable$274,004 · -3.1%

Vail

pop 13,604
57
Stable$408,026 · -2.1%

Tucson

pop 554,013
56
Stable$324,946 · -2.1%

Douglas

pop 15,819
56
Stable$176,365 · +2.6%

Globe

pop 7,176
56
Stable$237,652 · -1.8%

Litchfield Park

pop 6,863
56
Stable$526,988 · +0.3%

Tempe

pop 190,114
55
Stable$468,328 · -1.5%

Anthem

pop 23,190
55
Stable$568,785 · -1.7%

Peoria

pop 199,924
54
Stable$488,428 · -1.5%

Surprise

pop 167,564
54
Stable$422,520 · -2.3%

Avondale

pop 96,609
54
Stable$399,724 · -2.1%

Gold Canyon

pop 11,404
54
Stable$487,147 · -1.2%

Mesa

pop 517,151
53
Stable$435,670 · -1.5%

Page

pop 7,230
53
Stable$381,601 · +0.7%

Phoenix

pop 1,673,164
52
Stable$411,323 · -2.4%

Glendale

pop 258,143
52
Stable$408,630 · -2.2%

Sun City West

pop 25,806
52
Stable$381,170 · -2.7%

Green Valley

pop 22,616
52
Stable$281,010 · -3.5%

Chandler

pop 281,231
51
Stable$524,013 · -1.9%

Maricopa

pop 76,654
51
Stable$346,139 · -3.9%

El Mirage

pop 36,468
51
Stable$342,574 · -2.3%

Youngtown

pop 7,062
50
Stable$300,973 · -3.9%

Sun City

pop 39,931
48
Stable$301,394 · -3.6%

Winslow

pop 8,577
47
Cooling$206,861 · -4.5%

Florence

pop 24,891
45
Cooling$332,905 · -2.2%

San Tan Valley

pop 99,894
45
Cooling$397,789 · -3.0%

Guadalupe

pop 5,197
33
Cooling$246,908 · -6.2%

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Tools for Arizona

Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Cost of living & climate

Cost-of-living index
102.3 (US=100)
Near Us Avg. Source: MERIC Q4 2024 composite (housing, groceries, utilities, transport, healthcare, misc).
Climate

Desert and high-elevation arid. Hot summers (Phoenix exceeds 110°F regularly), mild winters in low country, snowy in Flagstaff/north. Monsoon thunderstorms July-September.

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