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%

Taylor$2,080/mo

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

Eagar$1,680/mo

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

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,700 a year, between Taylor 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

Taylor places higher on 10 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−TaylorBetter than 82% of districts in the state B+EagarBetter than 65% of districts in the state

Health

A−TaylorHealthier than 75% of U.S. towns B+EagarHealthier than 68% of U.S. towns

10Taylor

8Eagar

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 140 towns #109#29 Shortest commuteGetting around · 140 towns #91#17 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 140 towns #33#100 Most walkableOutdoors · 140 towns #133#85 Most new homesHousing · 75 towns #27#51 Lowest obesityHealth · 140 towns #75#32 Best schoolsSchools · 117 towns #15#48 Most trailsOutdoors · 131 towns #101#128

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

TaylorEagar

Snow a year13″—

January low20°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)149d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)37th 62nd

Outdoors & history

TaylorEagar

Trails19 mi 3 mi

Conserved land21.4%10%

Settled1878 1871

National Register places4 3

Archive photos5 5

Famous people born here1 1

Community

TaylorEagar

Library hours a week—42 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

51 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

TaylorAZ EagarAZ

Taylor ↔ Eagar51 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

TaylorEagar

People

Population 4,183Lowest 4,416Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.8%Highest AZ: +11.9% -10%Lowest AZ: +11.9%

Median age 41.6±10.4Highest 7% above AZ 38.5±4.4Lowest about the AZ average

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

Kids under 18 25.2%±8Highest AZ: 21.6% 23.8%±5.7Lowest AZ: 21.6%

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

Age 65+ 19.1%±9.3Lowest AZ: 18.9% 23.6%±6.1Highest AZ: 18.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.6%Lowest AZ: 33.3% 29.2%Highest AZ: 33.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±1.3Lowest AZ: 6.2% 2.9%±1.8Highest AZ: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $90,275±$23kHighest 13% above AZ $82,839±$15kLowest 4% above AZ

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $307,500±$44kHighest 22% below AZ $247,800±$39kLowest 37% below AZ

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $743±$419Highest 52% below AZ $494±$350Lowest 68% below AZ

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $854Highest 55% below AZ $594Lowest 68% below AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 17.7%±19.5Lowest AZ: 51.4% 30.3%±59.6Highest AZ: 51.4%

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

Below poverty line 14.3%Lowest AZ: 12.5% 14.9%Highest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.6%Lowest AZ: 67.4% 84.5%Highest AZ: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than AZ 1984Lowest 8 yrs older than AZ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 9% above AZ 18 minLowest 28% below AZ

Work from home 12.2%±10.2Highest AZ: 18.4% 1.3%±2Lowest AZ: 18.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 11.2%Lowest 11.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.8 miHighest 26.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.22Highest 0.34Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Snowflake (17%)Springerville (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EagarFew work in Taylor

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 21.4%Highest 10%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 19.4 miHighest 2.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 7.0Lowest 22.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #15 of 117 in AZ #48 of 117 in AZ

School district Career Development Inc. (4400) · Snowflake Unified District (4391)Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technolog (78786) · Round Valley Unified District (4155)

High school in town Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - TaylorRound Valley High School

Students per teacherat that high school 11.8Lowest 16.8Highest

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.

Taylor vs Eagar

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Taylor

Taylor places higher on 10 of 20 AZ lists

What daily life feels like in each

51 miles apart

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