AZ metros
Cost of living across major AZ metropolitan areas.
What living in AZ costs
Across the 3 AZ metros we track, the typical cost-of-living index is 95.6 against a national metro median of 95.7 — line with the country as a whole. That ranks AZ 25 of the 48 states we cover, counting from the cheapest.
The state is not uniform: Tucson, AZ is the cheapest metro at 94.9, while Phoenix, AZ runs 104.7 — a spread of 10% between them.
A typical AZ home costs $350,000, or about 5.4× median household income, and typical rent is $1,742/mo.
Taxes in AZ
AZ levies a state income tax on top of the federal one. Effective property tax runs about 0.5% of home value in a typical AZ metro, and combined state and local sales tax is around 8.4%.
Property tax is the one that scales with housing, so it bites hardest in the pricier metros above. Per-metro figures are on each metro page.
| Metro | COL index | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix, AZ | 104.7 | $448,352 | $1,742 |
| Tucson, AZ | 94.9 | $343,580 | $1,473 |
| Prescott Valley, AZ | 95.6 | $350,000 | $1,874 |
Cities & towns in AZ (50)
Local property tax, home values and school scores for each place.