Best PlacesSunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff ranks 3,881st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff
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.
Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff ranks high
- Short commute13.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
Where Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $52,984, 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 Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff
Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff 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 Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff.
Who works in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff, and how
Work in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff
Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff, month by month
Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff sees roughly 135 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 Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff
The nearest airport, Flagstaff Pulliam, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 125 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff
Schools across Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff average a D+, better than 21% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Pine Forest SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Weitzel's Puente De Hozho Bilingual Magnet SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- W F Killip Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mount Elden Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Sinagua Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Summit High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Coconino High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff 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 Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff
Is Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff ranks 3,881st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, heat safety, and biking, and lowest on internet speeds and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $380,290. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $52,984 median income, cost of living beats 13% of neighborhoods.
Is Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff safe?
Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff is safer than 32% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $599 per resident a year.
Compare Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff 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.
Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunnyside-Flagstaff, Flagstaff 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.
- 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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