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%

Williams$2,530/mo

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

Eagar$1,680/mo

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

The difference: $840 a month, about $10,100 a year, between Williams 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

Eagar places higher on 11 of 21 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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

9Williams

11Eagar

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest property taxCost of living · 133 towns #94#6 Most conserved landOutdoors · 132 towns #3#83 Most new homesHousing · 75 towns #13#51 Most affordableCost of living · 137 towns #114#47 Cheapest rentCost of living · 133 towns #65#1 Most trailsOutdoors · 131 towns #69#128 Fastest growingGrowth · 136 towns #71#126 Highest graduation rateSchools · 103 towns #54#14

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

WilliamsEagar

Snow a year65″—

January low21°F —

July high84°F —

Growing season (days)135d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)86th 62nd

Outdoors & history

WilliamsEagar

Trails46 mi 3 mi

Conserved land79.3%10%

Settled1881 1871

National Register places6 3

Archive photos24 5

Famous people born here—1

Community

WilliamsEagar

Library hours a week43 hrs 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

182 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WilliamsAZ EagarAZ

Williams ↔ Eagar182 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

WilliamsEagar

People

Population 3,369Lowest 4,416Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.9%Highest AZ: +11.9% -10%Lowest AZ: +11.9%

Median age 41.5±5.8Highest 6% above AZ 38.5±4.4Lowest about the AZ average

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

Kids under 18 27.8%±7Highest AZ: 21.6% 23.8%±5.7Lowest AZ: 21.6%

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

Age 65+ 22.7%±5.5Lowest AZ: 18.9% 23.6%±6.1Highest AZ: 18.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.8%Lowest AZ: 33.3% 29.2%Highest AZ: 33.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.5%±1.9Lowest AZ: 6.2% 2.9%±1.8Highest AZ: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $76,136±$19kLowest 5% below AZ $82,839±$15kHighest 4% above AZ

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $477,200±$42kHighest 21% above AZ $247,800±$39kLowest 37% below AZ

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,174±$337Highest 24% below AZ $494±$350Lowest 68% below AZ

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,011Highest 7% above AZ $594Lowest 68% below AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 63.5%±24.6Highest AZ: 51.4% 30.3%±59.6Lowest AZ: 51.4%

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

Below poverty line 13.5%Lowest AZ: 12.5% 14.9%Highest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.2%Lowest AZ: 67.4% 84.5%Highest AZ: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Highest 1 yr newer than AZ 1984Lowest 8 yrs older than AZ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 22% below AZ 18 minLowest 28% below AZ

Work from home 11.3%±5.4Highest AZ: 18.4% 1.3%±2Lowest AZ: 18.4%

Work in townworking residents 35.5%Highest 11.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.8 miHighest 26.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.91Highest 0.34Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Flagstaff (15%)Springerville (24%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 79.3%Highest 10%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 45.8 miHighest 2.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.7Lowest 22.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #64 of 117 in AZ #48 of 117 in AZ

School district Coconino Association for Vocation Industry and Tec (79381) · Heritage Elementary School (81076)Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technolog (78786) · Round Valley Unified District (4155)

High school in town Williams High SchoolRound Valley High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.1Lowest 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.

Williams vs Eagar

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $840 more a month in Williams

Eagar places higher on 11 of 21 AZ lists

What daily life feels like in each

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