A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Eagar$1,680/mo

Typical home $309K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.24% · or rent about $494/mo · Housing →

Williams$2,530/mo

Typical home $452K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.42% · or rent about $1,174/mo · Housing →

The difference: $840 a month, about $10,100 a year, between Williams and Eagar.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Eagar places higher on 11 of 21 AZ lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Arizona ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–EagarNot graded DWilliamsSafer than 11% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+EagarBetter than 65% of districts in the state B−WilliamsBetter than 52% of districts in the state

Health

B+EagarHealthier than 68% of U.S. towns B+WilliamsHealthier than 72% of U.S. towns

11Eagar

9Williams

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest property taxCost of living · 133 towns #6#94 Most conserved landOutdoors · 132 towns #83#3 Most new homesHousing · 75 towns #51#13 Most affordableCost of living · 137 towns #47#114 Cheapest rentCost of living · 133 towns #1#65 Most trailsOutdoors · 131 towns #128#69 Fastest growingGrowth · 136 towns #126#71 Highest graduation rateSchools · 103 towns #14#54

Left end = #1 in Arizona. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Eagar’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

EagarWilliams

Snow a year—65″

January low—21°F

July high—84°F

Growing season (days)—135d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd 86th

Outdoors & history

EagarWilliams

Trails3 mi 46 mi

Conserved land10%79.3%

Settled1871 1881

National Register places3 6

Archive photos5 24

Famous people born here1 —

Community

EagarWilliams

Library hours a week42 hrs 43 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

182 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EagarAZ WilliamsAZ

Eagar ↔ Williams182 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Arizona average

EagarWilliams

People

Population 4,416Highest 3,369Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -10%Lowest AZ: +11.9% +5.9%Highest AZ: +11.9%

Median age 38.5±4.4Lowest about the AZ average 41.5±5.8Highest 6% above AZ

Williams and Eagar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 23.8%±5.7Lowest AZ: 21.6% 27.8%±7Highest AZ: 21.6%

Williams and Eagar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 23.6%±6.1Highest AZ: 18.9% 22.7%±5.5Lowest AZ: 18.9%

Eagar and Williams are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.2%Highest AZ: 33.3% 24.8%Lowest AZ: 33.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.8Highest AZ: 6.2% 1.5%±1.9Lowest AZ: 6.2%

Eagar and Williams are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $82,839±$15kHighest 4% above AZ $76,136±$19kLowest 5% below AZ

Eagar and Williams are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $247,800±$39kLowest 37% below AZ $477,200±$42kHighest 21% above AZ

Rentmedian gross, monthly $494±$350Lowest 68% below AZ $1,174±$337Highest 24% below AZ

Williams and Eagar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $594Lowest 68% below AZ $2,011Highest 7% above AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30.3%±59.6Lowest AZ: 51.4% 63.5%±24.6Highest AZ: 51.4%

Williams and Eagar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 14.9%Highest AZ: 12.5% 13.5%Lowest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.5%Highest AZ: 67.4% 76.2%Lowest AZ: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Lowest 8 yrs older than AZ 1993Highest 1 yr newer than AZ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 28% below AZ 20 minHighest 22% below AZ

Work from home 1.3%±2Lowest AZ: 18.4% 11.3%±5.4Highest AZ: 18.4%

Work in townworking residents 11.7%Lowest 35.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miLowest 32.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.34Lowest 0.91Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Springerville (24%)Flagstaff (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WilliamsFew work in Eagar

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10%Lowest 79.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.6 miLowest 45.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 22.3Highest 5.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #48 of 117 in AZ #64 of 117 in AZ

School district Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technolog (78786) · Round Valley Unified District (4155)Coconino Association for Vocation Industry and Tec (79381) · Heritage Elementary School (81076)

High school in town Round Valley High SchoolWilliams High School

Students per teacherat that high school 16.8Highest 14.1Lowest

Arizona average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Eagar neighborsTown Square →

T Weaver · 6d

Eagar Memories from Back Then

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Eagar vs Williams

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $840 more a month in Williams

Eagar places higher on 11 of 21 AZ lists

What daily life feels like in each

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