Pima is #1 in Arizona for trails
Pima is ranked on 35 lists against the 140 Arizona towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every AZ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Pima marked.
3 spots from the top 10 for kids’ library use
Lists where Pima sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Pima lands in the top half on 13 of 24 lists
Each dot is Pima’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AZ, the right end is last. Areas where Pima does best come first.
More year-round than 75% of Arizona
Not better or worse, just Pima’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Every AZ list, and where Pima lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Star Valley · 93.3%
#67
Most trails#1 Pima · 5.8 mi / sq mi
#1
Most walkable#1 Litchfield Park · 177 / sq mi
#92 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Avenue B and C · 0.2 yrs
#55
Cheapest rent#1 Eagar · $494/mo
#62
Lowest property tax#1 Avenue B and C · $274/yr
#18
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Kingman-Butler · 35.7%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Heber-Overgaard · 55.6%
#105
Most new homes#1 Queen Creek · 28.4 per 1,000
#21
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Avra Valley · +96.2%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Clifton · 22.2 per home
#28 Health
Healthiest#1 Kachina Village · 98 / 100
#55
Lowest obesity#1 Kachina Village · 21%
#75
Fewest smokers#1 Catalina Foothills · 6%
#68
Most active#1 Kachina Village · 12%
#50
Fewest uninsured#1 Paradise Valley · 4%
#75
Lowest depression#1 Sun City West · 14%
#82
Closest to a top hospital#1 Chandler · 1.7 mi
#116 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Cottonwood · 16.0 per resident
#26
Most library borrowing#1 Sedona · 20.8 per resident
#19
Best libraries for kids#1 Cave Creek · 41.8 per child
#13 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Bagdad · 8.5 min
#79 
People
Most educated#1 Paradise Valley · 74.3%
#105
Youngest#1 Colorado City · 19.4
#42
Oldest#1 Sun City West · 74.8
#99
Most residents 65+#1 Sun City West · 85%
#96
Most kids#1 Colorado City · 46.1%
#43 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Flagstaff · 90 in
Least snow#1 Cottonwood · 1.0 in
F
Mildest winters#1 Fort Mohave · 45.1°
#93
Hottest summers#1 Mohave Valley · 111.1°
#74
Coolest summers#1 Williams · 82.0°
#66
Longest growing season#1 Phoenix · 331 days
#68
Wettest#1 Kachina Village · 23 in
#84 Safety
Safest#1 Clarkdale · 6.9
The number on the right is Pima’s spot. All of Arizona’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.