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Fortuna Foothills is a small city of 28,896 people in Yuma County, Arizona. It's about 12 miles from Yuma, AZ and 148 miles from Phoenix, AZ, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 108°F and winter highs 70°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $199k and rent runs about $1k a month.
28,896people
$199kTypical home
$1,141/moRent
108° / 70°Summer / winter
0"Snow
334Sunny days
18Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 28,896
- Part of a metro area
- About 721 people per sq mi
- 148 mi to Phoenix, AZ
- 12 mi to Yuma, AZ
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $199k (≈$1,256/mo)
- Median rent $1,141/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 108°F
- Winter highs around 70°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 334 sunny days a year (217 totally clear)
- 31 cloudy days a year
- 14 of 90 winter days are gray
- 18 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 123 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (273 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (976 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 61
- 18% of households have kids
- 45% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 12 mi to YUM airport
- 146 mi to PSP (major hub)
- 13 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 47% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1998
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 341 ft
- 60 mi to the ocean
- 80 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 130 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 68 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 17 bars within 25 mi
- 25 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 10 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Arizona districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 125 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 64 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Yuma County: R+20 in 2024
- Arizona: R+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk