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%

Globe$1,350/mo

Typical home $239K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $858/mo · Housing →

Taylor$2,080/mo

Typical home $379K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.28% · or rent about $743/mo · Housing →

The difference: $720 a month, about $8,700 a year, between Taylor and Globe.

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

Taylor places higher on 12 of 20 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

D−GlobeSafer than 4% of U.S. towns –TaylorNot graded

Schools

B−GlobeBetter than 49% of districts in the state A−TaylorBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

B−GlobeHealthier than 48% of U.S. towns A−TaylorHealthier than 75% of U.S. towns

7Globe

12Taylor

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 75 towns #75#27 Best schoolsSchools · 117 towns #81#15 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 140 towns #102#33 Lowest depressionHealth · 140 towns #52#109 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 140 towns #97#43 Most activeHealth · 140 towns #85#33 Most trailsOutdoors · 131 towns #53#101 Most walkableOutdoors · 140 towns #82#133

Left end = #1 in Arizona. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Globe’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

GlobeTaylor

Snow a year0″13″

January low36°F 20°F

July high100°F 90°F

Growing season (days)279d 149d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)92nd 37th

Outdoors & history

GlobeTaylor

Trails24 mi 19 mi

Conserved land51.8%21.4%

Settled1875 1878

National Register places12 4

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here—1

Community

GlobeTaylor

Library hours a week46 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 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

81 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GlobeAZ TaylorAZ

Globe ↔ Taylor81 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

GlobeTaylor

People

Population 7,195Highest 4,183Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.8%Lowest AZ: +11.9% -2.8%Highest AZ: +11.9%

Median age 44.1±4.3Highest 13% above AZ 41.6±10.4Lowest 7% above AZ

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

Kids under 18 16.2%±3.4Lowest AZ: 21.6% 25.2%±8Highest AZ: 21.6%

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

Age 65+ 20.3%±3.4Highest AZ: 18.9% 19.1%±9.3Lowest AZ: 18.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.2%Lowest AZ: 33.3% 28.6%Highest AZ: 33.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.8%±2.8Highest AZ: 6.2% 0.8%±1.3Lowest AZ: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $69,170±$4kLowest 13% below AZ $90,275±$23kHighest 13% above AZ

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $206,700±$40kLowest 48% below AZ $307,500±$44kHighest 22% below AZ

Rentmedian gross, monthly $858±$198Highest 44% below AZ $743±$419Lowest 52% below AZ

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,003Highest 47% below AZ $854Lowest 55% below AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39%±14.8Highest AZ: 51.4% 17.7%±19.5Lowest AZ: 51.4%

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

Below poverty line 16.4%Highest AZ: 12.5% 14.3%Lowest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.6%Lowest AZ: 67.4% 82.6%Highest AZ: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Lowest 25 yrs older than AZ 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than AZ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 9% below AZ 28 minHighest 9% above AZ

Work from home 6.8%±3.1Lowest AZ: 18.4% 12.2%±10.2Highest AZ: 18.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 30.4%Highest 11.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 29.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.00Lowest 1.22Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Phoenix (13%)Snowflake (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TaylorFew work in Globe

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 51.8%Highest 21.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 24.2 miHighest 19.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 24.3Highest 7.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #81 of 117 in AZ #15 of 117 in AZ

School district Liberty High School (4216) · Cobre Valley Institute of Technology District (79391)Career Development Inc. (4400) · Snowflake Unified District (4391)

High school in town Globe High SchoolNorthern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor

Students per teacherat that high school 23.1Highest 11.8Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

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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.

Globe vs Taylor

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $720 more a month in Taylor

Taylor places higher on 12 of 20 AZ lists

What daily life feels like in each

81 miles apart

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