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Flagstaff, AZ
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Living in Flagstaff



Flagstaff is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 75,907 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Flagstaff is the 16th largest community in Arizona.

Flagstaff home prices are not only among the most expensive in Arizona, but Flagstaff real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Flagstaff has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.22% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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.

Not only is Flagstaff a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Flagstaff is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Flagstaff a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.82 minutes getting to work every day.

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Flagstaff. 52.79% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Flagstaff in 2022 was $32,124, 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 $128,496 for a family of four. However, Flagstaff contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Flagstaff is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Flagstaff home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Flagstaff residents report their race to be 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 19.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Flagstaff include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.

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