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Ranked · Buying a home · Arizona

Best cities for buying a home in Arizona

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Apache Junction, AZ41k residents

    76/100

    median home price: $211,500 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -1.9%

  2. 2.Maricopa, AZ67k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $377,200 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -3.8%

  3. 3.Fortuna Foothills, AZ29k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $199,200 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: —

  4. 4.Sun City, AZ37k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $280,900 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -3.3%

  5. 5.Drexel Heights, AZ28k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $250,100 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: —

  6. 6.Florence, AZ26k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $346,300 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -2.1%

  7. 7.San Tan Valley, AZ109k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $410,100 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -3.0%

  8. 8.Sahuarita, AZ36k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $364,300 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -2.2%

  9. 9.Casa Grande, AZ61k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $303,900 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -1.8%

  10. 10.Yuma, AZ100k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $230,000 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: +0.9%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Arizona?
Apache Junction, AZ ranks first with a fit score of 76/100, followed by Maricopa (74) and Fortuna Foothills (73), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.