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 →

Snowflake$1,890/mo

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

Taylor and Snowflake share a border

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

TaylorSnowflake

Taylor ↔ Snowflake5.5 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−TaylorBetter than 82% of districts in the state A−SnowflakeBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

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

7Taylor

8Snowflake

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

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

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

TaylorSnowflake

Snow a year13″13″

January low20°F 20°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)149d 149d

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

Outdoors & history

TaylorSnowflake

Trails19 mi 28 mi

Conserved land21.4%16.6%

Settled1878 1878

National Register places4 7

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

TaylorSnowflake

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.

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

TaylorSnowflake

People

Population 4,183Lowest 6,444Highest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 25.2%±8Lowest AZ: 21.6% 38.3%±5.7Highest 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+ 19.1%±9.3Highest AZ: 18.9% 14.9%±3.4Lowest 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+ 28.6%Lowest AZ: 33.3% 28.7%Highest AZ: 33.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±1.3Lowest AZ: 6.2% 2.3%±1.4Highest 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 $90,275±$23kHighest 13% above AZ $76,174±$12kLowest 5% below 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 $307,500±$44kHighest 22% below AZ $271,800±$26kLowest 31% 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 $743±$419Lowest 52% below AZ $1,350±$492Highest 13% 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 $854Lowest 55% below AZ $1,046Highest 44% below AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 17.7%±19.5Lowest AZ: 51.4% 36.3%±24.2Highest 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 14.3%Highest AZ: 12.5% 14%Lowest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 12.2%±10.2Highest AZ: 18.4% 7.2%±4.8Lowest 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 11.2%Lowest 31%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.8 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 17% work in Snowflake12% work in Taylor

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 21.4%Highest 16.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 19.4 miLowest 27.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

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

Schools

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

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

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

Students per teacherat that high school 11.8Lowest 24.1Highest

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 Snowflake

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $190 more a month in Taylor

Taylor and Snowflake share a border

Snowflake places higher on 8 of 20 AZ lists

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