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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Williams

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 →

Page$2,090/mo

Typical home $377K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.37% · or rent about $653/mo · Housing →

The difference: $430 a month, about $5,200 a year, between Williams and Page.

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

Page places higher on 14 of 24 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 DPageSafer than 5% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−WilliamsBetter than 52% of districts in the state C+PageBetter than 40% of districts in the state

Health

B+WilliamsHealthier than 72% of U.S. towns A−PageHealthier than 78% of U.S. towns

10Williams

14Page

Lists won, of 24 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 75 towns #13#57 Most-used librariesLibraries · 41 towns #22#2 Cheapest rentCost of living · 133 towns #65#8 Most trailsOutdoors · 131 towns #69#13 Lowest depressionHealth · 140 towns #52#109 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 140 towns #89#34 Lowest property taxCost of living · 133 towns #94#46 Best schoolsSchools · 117 towns #64#104

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

Where they are

123 miles apart

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

WilliamsAZ PageAZ

Williams ↔ Page123 miles apart

Who commutes between them

28 Page residents work in Williams (1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Page →

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Only big differences vs Arizona average

WilliamsPage

People

Population 3,369Lowest 7,345Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.9%Highest AZ: +11.9% +2.7%Lowest AZ: +11.9%

Median age 41.5±5.8Highest 6% above AZ 38.4±5.5Lowest about the AZ average

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

Kids under 18 27.8%±7Lowest AZ: 21.6% 28.9%±6.6Highest AZ: 21.6%

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

Age 65+ 22.7%±5.5Highest AZ: 18.9% 14%±5.2Lowest AZ: 18.9%

Williams and Page 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% 28.2%Highest AZ: 33.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.5%±1.9Lowest AZ: 6.2% 3.2%±2.5Highest AZ: 6.2%

Page 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 $88,826±$25kHighest 11% above AZ

Page 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 $304,300±$148kLowest 23% below AZ

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,174±$337Highest 24% below AZ $653±$417Lowest 58% below AZ

Williams and Page 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 $1,140Lowest 39% below AZ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 63.5%±24.6Highest AZ: 51.4% 31.9%±20.3Lowest AZ: 51.4%

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

Below poverty line 13.5%Highest AZ: 12.5% 10.6%Lowest AZ: 12.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.2%Highest AZ: 67.4% 70%Lowest AZ: 67.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Highest 1 yr newer than AZ 1986Lowest 6 yrs older than AZ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 22% below AZ 10 minLowest 59% below AZ

Work from home 11.3%±5.4Lowest AZ: 18.4% 12.7%±7.2Highest AZ: 18.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 35.5%Lowest 55.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.8 miHighest 1.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.91Lowest 1.53Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Flagstaff (15%)Phoenix (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Page1% work in Williams

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 79.3%Highest 57%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 45.8 miLowest 117.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 3.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.7Lowest 8.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #64 of 117 in AZ #104 of 117 in AZ

School district Coconino Association for Vocation Industry and Tec (79381) · Heritage Elementary School (81076)Coconino County Accommodation School District (10386) · Coconino Association for Vocation Industry and Tec (79381)

High school in town Williams High SchoolPage High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.1Lowest 16.9Highest

Arizona average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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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 Page

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Williams gets 65 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Williams

Page places higher on 14 of 24 AZ lists

123 miles apart

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