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%

Springerville$1,430/mo

Typical home $265K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.20% · or rent about $1,217/mo · Housing →

Kearny$950/mo

Typical home $163K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $1,065/mo · Housing →

The difference: $490 a month, about $5,900 a year, between Springerville and Kearny.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

B+SpringervilleBetter than 65% of districts in the state C−KearnyBetter than 19% of districts in the state

Health

B+SpringervilleHealthier than 68% of U.S. towns C+KearnyHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns

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

SpringervilleKearny

Snow a year—0″

January low—36°F

July high—100°F

Growing season (days)—279d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)45th 63rd

Outdoors & history

SpringervilleKearny

Trails7 mi 4 mi

Conserved land52.7%100%

Settled1876 1958

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here4 —

Community

SpringervilleKearny

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

120 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SpringervilleAZ KearnyAZ

Springerville ↔ Kearny120 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

SpringervilleKearny

People

Population 2,008Lowest 2,109Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12.4%Lowest AZ: +11.9% -10.7%Highest AZ: +11.9%

Median age 41.3±9.8Highest 6% above AZ 38±14.6Lowest about the AZ average

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

Kids under 18 20.8%±4.7Lowest AZ: 21.6% 26.6%±6.3Highest AZ: 21.6%

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

Age 65+ 23.7%±3.9Lowest AZ: 18.9% 27.4%±6.7Highest AZ: 18.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.4%Highest AZ: 33.3% 9.8%Lowest AZ: 33.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±3.4Highest AZ: 6.2% 4.4%±2.9Lowest AZ: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,051±$5kHighest 39% below AZ $47,031±$33kLowest 41% below AZ

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $202,200±$47kHighest 49% below AZ $125,100±$15kLowest 68% below AZ

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,217±$593Highest 21% below AZ $1,065±$335Lowest 31% below AZ

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $410Lowest 78% below AZ $823Highest 56% below AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.2%±23.1Highest AZ: 51.4% 20.7%±24.4Lowest AZ: 51.4%

Below poverty line 8.5%Lowest AZ: 12.5% 11.5%Highest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.2%Lowest AZ: 67.4% 82.1%Highest AZ: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 18 yrs older than AZ 1968Lowest 24 yrs older than AZ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 13 minLowest 48% below AZ 25 minHighest 4% below AZ

Work from home 6.4%±3.8Lowest AZ: 18.4% 8.5%±10Highest AZ: 18.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 19.8%Highest 6.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.3 miLowest 56.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.62Highest 0.25Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Eagar (10%)Phoenix (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KearnyFew work in Springerville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 52.7%Lowest 100%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 7.2 miHighest 4.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.7Lowest 20.6Highest

Schools

School district Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technolog (78786)Cobre Valley Institute of Technology District (79391) · Ray Unified District (4438)

High school in town NAVIT - Northland Pioneer College SPERay JR/SR High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 13.1

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

Deciding?

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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.

Springerville vs Kearny

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $490 more a month in Springerville

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