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 →

Globe$1,350/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

12Taylor

7Globe

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

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

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

TaylorGlobe

Snow a year13″0″

January low20°F 36°F

July high90°F 100°F

Growing season (days)149d 279d

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

Outdoors & history

TaylorGlobe

Trails19 mi 24 mi

Conserved land21.4%51.8%

Settled1878 1875

National Register places4 12

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

TaylorGlobe

Library hours a week—46 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.

TaylorAZ GlobeAZ

Taylor ↔ Globe81 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

TaylorGlobe

People

Population 4,183Lowest 7,195Highest

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

Median age 41.6±10.4Lowest 7% above AZ 44.1±4.3Highest 13% 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 25.2%±8Highest AZ: 21.6% 16.2%±3.4Lowest 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+ 19.1%±9.3Lowest AZ: 18.9% 20.3%±3.4Highest 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+ 28.6%Highest AZ: 33.3% 19.2%Lowest AZ: 33.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $90,275±$23kHighest 13% above AZ $69,170±$4kLowest 13% below 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 $307,500±$44kHighest 22% below AZ $206,700±$40kLowest 48% below AZ

Rentmedian gross, monthly $743±$419Lowest 52% below AZ $858±$198Highest 44% 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 $854Lowest 55% below AZ $1,003Highest 47% below AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 17.7%±19.5Lowest AZ: 51.4% 39%±14.8Highest 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 14.3%Lowest AZ: 12.5% 16.4%Highest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 12.2%±10.2Highest AZ: 18.4% 6.8%±3.1Lowest 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 11.2%Lowest 30.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.8 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 21.4%Lowest 51.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 19.4 miLowest 24.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 5Highest

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

Schools

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

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

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

Students per teacherat that high school 11.8Lowest 23.1Highest

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.

Taylor vs Globe

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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