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%

Snowflake$1,890/mo

Typical home $340K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.38% · or rent about $1,350/mo · Housing →

Taylor$2,080/mo

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

The difference: $190 a month, about $2,200 a year, between Taylor and Snowflake.

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.

Where they are

Snowflake and Taylor share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

SnowflakeTaylor

Snowflake ↔ Taylor5.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

257 Snowflake residents work in Taylor (12.1% of its workers)

154 Taylor residents work in Snowflake (16.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Snowflake →

Report cards

Snowflake places higher on 8 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.

Schools

A−SnowflakeBetter than 82% of districts in the state A−TaylorBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

B+SnowflakeHealthier than 72% of U.S. towns A−TaylorHealthier than 75% of U.S. towns

8Snowflake

7Taylor

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

Cheapest rentCost of living · 133 towns #85#15 Fastest growingGrowth · 136 towns #52#105 Shortest commuteGetting around · 140 towns #66#91 Lowest property taxCost of living · 133 towns #38#17 Most walkableOutdoors · 140 towns #113#133 Most trailsOutdoors · 131 towns #83#101 Highest incomeIncome · 140 towns #54#37 Most affordableCost of living · 137 towns #59#74

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

SnowflakeTaylor

Snow a year13″13″

January low20°F 20°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)149d 149d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)15th 37th

Outdoors & history

SnowflakeTaylor

Trails28 mi 19 mi

Conserved land16.6%21.4%

Settled1878 1878

National Register places7 4

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here—1

Community

SnowflakeTaylor

Library hours a week43 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.

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

SnowflakeTaylor

People

Population 6,444Highest 4,183Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.2%Highest AZ: +11.9% -2.8%Lowest AZ: +11.9%

Median age 29.8±4.5Lowest 24% below AZ 41.6±10.4Highest 7% above AZ

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

Kids under 18 38.3%±5.7Highest AZ: 21.6% 25.2%±8Lowest AZ: 21.6%

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

Age 65+ 14.9%±3.4Lowest AZ: 18.9% 19.1%±9.3Highest AZ: 18.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.7%Highest AZ: 33.3% 28.6%Lowest AZ: 33.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±1.4Highest AZ: 6.2% 0.8%±1.3Lowest AZ: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $76,174±$12kLowest 5% below AZ $90,275±$23kHighest 13% above AZ

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $271,800±$26kLowest 31% below AZ $307,500±$44kHighest 22% below AZ

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,350±$492Highest 13% below AZ $743±$419Lowest 52% below AZ

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,046Highest 44% below AZ $854Lowest 55% below AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.3%±24.2Highest AZ: 51.4% 17.7%±19.5Lowest AZ: 51.4%

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

Below poverty line 14%Lowest AZ: 12.5% 14.3%Highest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.7%Highest AZ: 67.4% 82.6%Lowest AZ: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 10 yrs older than AZ 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than AZ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 7% below AZ 28 minHighest 9% above AZ

Work from home 7.2%±4.8Lowest AZ: 18.4% 12.2%±10.2Highest AZ: 18.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 31%Highest 11.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 29.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.86Lowest 1.22Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Show Low (12%)Snowflake (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 12% work in Taylor17% work in Snowflake

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.6%Lowest 21.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 27.6 miHighest 19.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.1Highest 7.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #10 of 117 in AZ #15 of 117 in AZ

School district Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technolog (78786) · Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Village School (79211)Career Development Inc. (4400) · Snowflake Unified District (4391)

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

Students per teacherat that high school 24.1Highest 11.8Lowest

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.

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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.

Snowflake vs Taylor

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $190 more a month in Taylor

Snowflake and Taylor share a border

Snowflake places higher on 8 of 20 AZ lists

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