Living in Bylas, AZ
Bylas is a small town of 1,551 people in Graham County, Arizona. It's about 80 miles from Tucson, AZ. Summer highs average 100°F and winter highs 62°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $22k and rent runs about $354 a month.
1,551people
$22kTypical home
$354/moRent
100° / 62°Summer / winter
4"Snow
310Sunny days
44Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,551
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 371 people per sq mi
- 80 mi to Tucson, AZ
- 80 mi to Tucson, AZ
- 32 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $22k (≈$139/mo)
- Median rent $354/mo
- Median household income $29k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 23.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 100°F
- Winter highs around 62°F
- Dry summers (dew point 47°F)
- 310 sunny days a year (187 totally clear)
- 55 cloudy days a year
- 21 of 90 winter days are gray
- 44 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 44 days a year over 100°F
- 1 night a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (48 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (122 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 53% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 6% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 79 mi to SOW airport
- 85 mi to TUS (major hub)
- 80 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 72% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 2,631 ft
- 219 mi to the ocean
- 163 mi to a big lake
- 44 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 61 mi to the nearest ski area
- 25 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 41 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 3% of Arizona districts (reading)
- 23 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 82 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 29 mi to the nearest vet
- 35 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 27 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Graham County: R+48 in 2024
- Arizona: R+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk