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Tonto Basin is a small town of 1,750 people in Gila County, Arizona. It's about 49 miles from Phoenix, AZ. Summer highs average 103°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $269k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,750people
$269kTypical home
$1,030/moRent
103° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
318Sunny days
44Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,750
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 54 people per sq mi
- 49 mi to Phoenix, AZ
- 49 mi to Phoenix, AZ
- 28 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $269k (≈$1,697/mo)
- Median rent $1,030/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 103°F
- Winter highs around 61°F
- Dry summers (dew point 45°F)
- 318 sunny days a year (196 totally clear)
- 47 cloudy days a year
- 20 of 90 winter days are gray
- 44 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 74 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops 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 62
- 14% of households have kids
- 46% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 53 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to AZA airport
- 49 mi to PHX (major hub)
- 69 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 58% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1997
- 74% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 2,267 ft
- 209 mi to the ocean
- 161 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 67 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 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
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 33 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 36% of Arizona districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 32 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 29 mi to the nearest vet
- 32 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 35 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.