Best PlacesCoconino County, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Coconino County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Coconino County ranks 1,872nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on internet speeds and air quality. It does better on biking, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Coconino County
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Coconino County
The parts of Coconino County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Doney Park
Incomes run higher, crime runs lower, and local pay stretches further.
Page
Prices have run up less and homes cost less.
Flagstaff
Biking is better and more adults hold degrees.
Williams
More homes sit empty and disaster risk is higher.
Tuba City & Kaibito
It is quieter and more households have young kids.
Scores across Coconino County run from about the 1st to the 86th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Coconino County's strengths and weaknesses
Coconino County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Biking, population health, and low property taxes carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Internet speeds, air quality, and an overheated housing market hold the score down. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Coconino County ranks high
- BikingBetter than 96% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of counties
- TransitBetter than 91% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of counties
Where Coconino County ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of counties
- School gradeD+, better than only 13% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Coconino County
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coconino County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,891, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Coconino County's effective rate of 0.35%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coconino County
Coconino County runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coconino County.
Who works in Coconino County, and how
Work in Coconino County centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Coconino County
Coconino County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coconino County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Coconino County growing, and who is moving in?
Coconino County has grown about 6% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Phoenix, AZ.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Coconino County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Coconino County, month by month
Coconino County sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 30° | 16° |
| April | 63° | 46° | 27° |
| July | 85° | 68° | 52° |
| October | 67° | 49° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Coconino County
The nearest airport, Flagstaff Pulliam, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 143 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coconino County
Schools across Coconino County average a D+, better than 13% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain Meadows PrimaryB · 50% proficient
- Haven Montessori Charter SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Charles W Sechrist Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Capps Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Ash Fork Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Mogollon Jr High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Northland Preparatory AcademyB · 48% proficient
- Ash Fork High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Flagstaff Arts And Leadership AcademyC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coconino County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coconino County measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Coconino County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Coconino County suits
Common questions about living in Coconino County
Is Coconino County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coconino County ranks 1,872nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on biking, population health, and low property taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coconino County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $461,906. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $75,891 median income, cost of living beats 22% of counties.
Is Coconino County safe?
Coconino County is safer than 15% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $565 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Coconino County?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 16. That works out to about 141 pleasant days a year, more than 88% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Coconino County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Doney Park, Page, and Flagstaff. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Coconino County good for families?
Schools beat 13% of counties, crime safety beats 15%, and childcare runs $924 a month.
Is Coconino County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 22% of counties, though advertised internet speeds beat only 8% of counties. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Coconino County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coconino County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coconino County represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Coconino County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coconino County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coconino County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coconino County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coconino County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coconino County detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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