AZ area data
Central, AZ
Central, AZ.
Population: 657 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 567.6 (+0.5% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 100.7 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 15.3¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $18.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- lightning, drought, heatWave, wildfire, winterWeather
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 11.4 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site (54 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Dublin Landing Strip (3 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- Solar radiation rating
- Excellent (5.8 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,979
- Median annual property tax
- $2,320
- Households with broadband internet
- 82.8%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 7,480
- Average weekly wage
- $1,028
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 133
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