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Phoenix, AZ

🇺🇸 Arizona · Ranked #159 of 182 worldwide
50SCORE
Phoenix, AZ is an emerging opportunity — growth is here and it's still affordable. Here's the full data-driven picture — cost, safety, schools, jobs and climate risk.

Affordable and fast-growing, undercut by extreme heat and long-term Colorado River water risk amplified by dense data centers.

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The numbers

Median home$442k
Median rent$1,722/mo
Gross rental yield4.7%
Median age38 yrs

How it scores

Climate
35
Affordability
58
Momentum
80
Resilience
30

Livability grades

C+Safety
CSchools
BState
A-Hiking

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