Phoenix, AZ

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Climate

July average high

104°F

January average low

44°F

Annual rainfall

8.9 in

Annual snowfall

0.0 in

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Phoenix Deer Valley Muni Ap (13 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Phoenix ranks

• #38 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 56.9
• #49 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 55 cities · score 15.7
• #54 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 49.0
• #59 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 45.3
• #62 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 41.6
• #62 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 38.2
• #65 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 32.6
• #81 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 35.8
• #86 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 6.9

Local facts

Median household income

$77,041

Median rent

$1,458 / mo

Median home value

$381,900

Median age

34.8

Unemployment

5.1%

Bachelor's degree or higher

32.3%

Poverty rate

14.3%

Renter-occupied homes

42.9%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

460

Students enrolled

226,737

Students per teacher

18.0 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

63.9%

Charter schools

35.2%

School districts serving the city

171

Browse all 460 public schools →

Districts: Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), Washington Elementary School District (4260), Cartwright Elementary District (4282), Roosevelt Elementary District (4279), Phoenix Union High School District (4286)

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

32.4%

No leisure-time physical activity

23.2%

Adults with diabetes

10.8%

Adults who smoke

12.2%

Frequent mental distress

16.0%

Sleeping under 7 hours

36.9%

Adults without health insurance

17.5%

Routine checkup in past year

71.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

49.8%

Share of city that is parkland

15.5%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

13.4

Median air quality index (county)

73

Unhealthy air days (county)

38

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

89.8%

Households with no internet

7.6%

Average commute

25.7 min

Work from home

16.9%

Commute by transit

2.0%

Commute on foot

1.6%

Commute by bike

0.4%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Maricopa County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 10 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Heat wave: very high
• Riverine flooding: very high
• Wildfire: relatively high
• Hail: very high

ZIP codes

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