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Canyon Day is a small town of 1,182 people in Gila County, Arizona. It's about 119 miles from Phoenix, AZ. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 54°F, with about 51 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $164k and rent runs about $869 a month.
1,182people
$164kTypical home
$869/moRent
90° / 54°Summer / winter
51"Snow
310Sunny days
91Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,182
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 227 people per sq mi
- 119 mi to Phoenix, AZ
- 119 mi to Phoenix, AZ
- 34 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $164k (≈$1,033/mo)
- Median rent $869/mo
- Median household income $36k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 54°F
- Dry summers (dew point 43°F)
- 310 sunny days a year (187 totally clear)
- 55 cloudy days a year
- 21 of 90 winter days are gray
- 91 days a year with rain or snow
- 51" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (310 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,009 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 28
- 62% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 34 mi to SOW airport
- 116 mi to PHX (major hub)
- 94 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 67% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,948 ft
- 252 mi to the ocean
- 165 mi to a big lake
- 25 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 29 mi to the nearest ski area
- 20 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 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
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 50 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 2% of Arizona districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 35 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 37 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 67 mi to the nearest vet
- 32 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 34 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Gila County: R+38 in 2024
- Arizona: R+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.