Superior makes Arizona’s top 10 on 4 lists
Superior is ranked on 34 lists against the 140 Arizona towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 6.
The lists Superior does best on
Each list ranks every AZ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Superior marked.
1 spot from the top 3 for low property taxes
Lists where Superior sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Superior lands in the top half on 8 of 23 lists
Each dot is Superior’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AZ, the right end is last. Areas where Superior does best come first.
Fewer kids than 91% of Arizona
Not better or worse, just Superior’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Superior lands in every AZ ranking
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%
#4
Most trails#1 Pima · 5.8 mi / sq mi
#4
Most walkable#1 Litchfield Park · 177 / sq mi
#93 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Avenue B and C · 0.2 yrs
#15
Cheapest rent#1 Eagar · $494/mo
#28
Lowest property tax#1 Avenue B and C · $274/yr
#4
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Kingman-Butler · 35.7%
Health
Healthiest#1 Kachina Village · 98 / 100
#112
Lowest obesity#1 Kachina Village · 21%
#129
Fewest smokers#1 Catalina Foothills · 6%
#43
Most active#1 Kachina Village · 12%
#125
Fewest uninsured#1 Paradise Valley · 4%
#120
Lowest depression#1 Sun City West · 14%
#8
Closest to a top hospital#1 Chandler · 1.7 mi
#79 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Cottonwood · 16.0 per resident
#13
Most library borrowing#1 Sedona · 20.8 per resident
#32
Best libraries for kids#1 Cave Creek · 41.8 per child
#32 
People
Most educated#1 Paradise Valley · 74.3%
#90
Youngest#1 Colorado City · 19.4
#100
Oldest#1 Sun City West · 74.8
#41
Most residents 65+#1 Sun City West · 85%
#31
Most kids#1 Colorado City · 46.1%
#128 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Bagdad · 8.5 min
#104 Safety
Safest#1 Clarkdale · 6.9
#41 
The number on the right is Superior’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.