Ranked · Best value · Arizona

Best value cities in Arizona

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Best value” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

1. 1.San Luis, AZ37k residents

   71/100

   cost of living index: 82 · median home price: $224,900 · median household income: $59,400

2. 2.Fortuna Foothills, AZ29k residents

   68/100

   cost of living index: 85 · median home price: $199,200 · median household income: $60,474

3. 3.Florence, AZ26k residents

   68/100

   cost of living index: 90 · median home price: $346,300 · median household income: $79,644

4. 4.Yuma, AZ100k residents

   67/100

   cost of living index: 87 · median home price: $230,000 · median household income: $65,482

5. 5.Sierra Vista, AZ45k residents

   67/100

   cost of living index: 88 · median home price: $254,200 · median household income: $70,291

6. 6.Apache Junction, AZ41k residents

   67/100

   cost of living index: 86 · median home price: $211,500 · median household income: $60,975

7. 7.Kingman, AZ34k residents

   66/100

   cost of living index: 88 · median home price: $267,700 · median household income: $61,792

8. 8.Drexel Heights, AZ28k residents

   66/100

   cost of living index: 89 · median home price: $250,100 · median household income: $73,508

9. 9.Bullhead City, AZ42k residents

   65/100

   cost of living index: 86 · median home price: $211,500 · median household income: $50,556

10. 10.San Tan Valley, AZ109k residents

    60/100

    cost of living index: 101 · median home price: $410,100 · median household income: $96,713

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.