Flagstaff is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 53,137 people and 15 constituent neighborhoods, Flagstaff is the 13th largest community in Arizona.

Flagstaff is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Flagstaff is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Flagstaff who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.59%), sales jobs (11.43%), and teaching (10.08%).

Because Flagstaff has a very large number of students who are 18 years or older and in college, it is thought of as a college town. This has a major influence on local Flagstaff lifestyle, entertainment, and culture in general. Life in Flagstaff is very much tied to the academic calendar: when students return from the summer break in the fall, one will notice them out and about, buying groceries, out with friends, and generally getting re-acquainted with each other. In Flagstaff, people study hard and play hard, and there is ample opportunity to do both.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Flagstaff spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.83 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Flagstaff is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Flagstaff Information and Demographics

The citizens of Flagstaff are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.43% of adults in Flagstaff have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Flagstaff in 2000 was $18,637, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $74,548 for a family of four.

Flagstaff is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Flagstaff home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Flagstaff is White, followed by Native American. Flagstaff also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.13% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Flagstaff include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Flagstaff is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Navajo.