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 →

Williams$2,530/mo

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

The difference: $1,090 a month, about $13,100 a year, between Williams and Springerville.

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.

Safety

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

Schools

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

Health

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

SpringervilleWilliams

Snow a year—65″

January low—21°F

July high—84°F

Growing season (days)—135d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)45th 86th

Outdoors & history

SpringervilleWilliams

Trails7 mi 46 mi

Conserved land52.7%79.3%

Settled1876 1881

National Register places—6

Archive photos—24

Famous people born here4 —

Community

SpringervilleWilliams

Library hours a week—43 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

179 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SpringervilleAZ WilliamsAZ

Springerville ↔ Williams179 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

SpringervilleWilliams

People

Population 2,008Lowest 3,369Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12.4%Lowest AZ: +11.9% +5.9%Highest AZ: +11.9%

Median age 41.3±9.8Lowest 6% above AZ 41.5±5.8Highest 6% above AZ

Williams and Springerville 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% 27.8%±7Highest AZ: 21.6%

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

Age 65+ 23.7%±3.9Highest AZ: 18.9% 22.7%±5.5Lowest AZ: 18.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.4%Lowest AZ: 33.3% 24.8%Highest AZ: 33.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±3.4Highest AZ: 6.2% 1.5%±1.9Lowest AZ: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,051±$5kLowest 39% below AZ $76,136±$19kHighest 5% below AZ

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $202,200±$47kLowest 49% below AZ $477,200±$42kHighest 21% above AZ

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,217±$593Highest 21% below AZ $1,174±$337Lowest 24% below AZ

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $410Lowest 78% below AZ $2,011Highest 7% above AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.2%±23.1Highest AZ: 51.4% 63.5%±24.6Lowest AZ: 51.4%

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

Below poverty line 8.5%Lowest AZ: 12.5% 13.5%Highest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.2% AZ: 67.4% 76.2% AZ: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 18 yrs older than AZ 1993Highest 1 yr newer than AZ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 13 minLowest 48% below AZ 20 minHighest 22% below AZ

Work from home 6.4%±3.8Lowest AZ: 18.4% 11.3%±5.4Highest AZ: 18.4%

Williams 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%Lowest 35.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.3 miLowest 32.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.62Highest 0.91Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Eagar (10%)Flagstaff (15%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 52.7%Lowest 79.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 7.2 miLowest 45.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.7Highest 5.7Lowest

Schools

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

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

High school in town NAVIT - Northland Pioneer College SPEWilliams High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 14.1

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 Williams

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,090 more a month in Williams

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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