Flagstaff, AZ: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Flagstaff ( FLAG-staf) is a city in and the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 76,831. Flagstaff is the principal city of the Flagstaff metropolitan area, which includes all of Coconino County, and has a population of 145,101. Flagstaff lies near the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau and within the San Francisco volcanic field, along the western side of the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in the continental United States. The city sits at around 7,000 feet (2,100 m) and is next to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona. Humphrey…

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How Flagstaff ranks

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#10Most educated in AZ #11Shortest commute in AZ #27Fastest growing in AZ All AZ rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code86001, 86002, 86003

Area code928

Living in Flagstaff

Housing in Flagstaff

$657K≈ same as a year ago Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Flagstaff home is worth about $657,000, about the same as a year ago, 57% above the Arizona typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market25

Sale-to-list98.3%

Sold in May72

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Safety in Flagstaff

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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Flagstaff's police department reported only 2023 and 2024, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Violent crime per 1,000

Flagstaff 4.6

Arizona 4.3

U.S. 3.6

Property crime per 1,000

Flagstaff 22.3

Arizona 18

U.S. 17.7

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Schools in Flagstaff

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School Grade B-

The public schools Flagstaff’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 54% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#53Best public schoolsof 117 in AZ

DistrictFlagstaff Unified District (4192)Schools39

Manuel DeMiguel Elementary School A-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 561 students Weitzel's Puente de Hozho Bilingual Magnet School BElementary · Grades PK–5 · 426 students Charles W Sechrist Elementary School A-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 413 students W F Killip Elementary School C-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 396 students Thomas M Knoles Elementary School B-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 395 students Eva Marshall Elementary School B-Elementary · Grades PK–6 · 374 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AZ. Ratings are from neighbors.

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