Apache Junction makes Arizona’s top 10 on 5 lists
Apache Junction is ranked on 38 lists against the 140 Arizona towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 5 and the top quarter on 7.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every AZ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Apache Junction marked.
1 spot from the top 3 for library borrowing
Lists where Apache Junction sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Apache Junction lands in the top half on 15 of 26 lists
Each dot is Apache Junction’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AZ, the right end is last. Areas where Apache Junction does best come first.
More vacation homes than 86% of Arizona
Not better or worse, just Apache Junction’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Apache Junction out-ranks 0 of its 3 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every AZ list, and where Apache Junction lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Heber-Overgaard · 55.6%
#20
Most new homes#1 Queen Creek · 28.4 per 1,000
#10
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Avra Valley · +96.2%
#59
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Clifton · 22.2 per home
#29 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Star Valley · 93.3%
#10
Most trails#1 Pima · 5.8 mi / sq mi
#28
Most walkable#1 Litchfield Park · 177 / sq mi
#59 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Cottonwood · 16.0 per resident
#14
Most library borrowing#1 Sedona · 20.8 per resident
#4
Best libraries for kids#1 Cave Creek · 41.8 per child
#8 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Avenue B and C · 0.2 yrs
#36
Cheapest rent#1 Eagar · $494/mo
#59
Lowest property tax#1 Avenue B and C · $274/yr
#22
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Kingman-Butler · 35.7%
#36 Health
Healthiest#1 Kachina Village · 98 / 100
#106
Lowest obesity#1 Kachina Village · 21%
#116
Fewest smokers#1 Catalina Foothills · 6%
#68
Most active#1 Kachina Village · 12%
#105
Fewest uninsured#1 Paradise Valley · 4%
#63
Lowest depression#1 Sun City West · 14%
#82
Closest to a top hospital#1 Chandler · 1.7 mi
#2 
People
Most educated#1 Paradise Valley · 74.3%
#94
Youngest#1 Colorado City · 19.4
#98
Oldest#1 Sun City West · 74.8
#43
Most residents 65+#1 Sun City West · 85%
#36
Most kids#1 Colorado City · 46.1%
#101 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Bagdad · 8.5 min
#96 Safety
Safest#1 Clarkdale · 6.9
#35 
The number on the right is Apache Junction’s spot. All of Arizona’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every AZ list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.