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Wagon Wheel is a small town of 1,716 people in Navajo County, Arizona. It's about 113 miles from Flagstaff, AZ and 126 miles from Phoenix, AZ, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 37 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $320k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,716people
$320kTypical home
$1,309/moRent
84° / 46°Summer / winter
37"Snow
314Sunny days
84Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,716
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 677 people per sq mi
- 126 mi to Phoenix, AZ
- 113 mi to Flagstaff, AZ
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $320k (≈$2,020/mo)
- Median rent $1,309/mo
- Median household income $68k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Dry summers (dew point 43°F)
- 314 sunny days a year (177 totally clear)
- 51 cloudy days a year
- 18 of 90 winter days are gray
- 84 days a year with rain or snow
- 37" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (207 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (829 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 53
- 22% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to SOW airport
- 125 mi to PHX (major hub)
- 68 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 56% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 6,644 ft
- 273 mi to the ocean
- 173 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 38 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 11 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 28 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 41% of Arizona districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 93 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 61 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Navajo County: R+17 in 2024
- Arizona: R+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk