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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios in Arizona

The counties where a home costs the most years of rent. A high ratio does not mean a place is overpriced. It can also mean rents are held down, or that buyers are paying for land, schools or a view that a renter cannot get at any price. It does mean the arithmetic of buying rests more on what the house is worth later and less on what it saves you each month. Median home value over twelve months of median gross rent, both Census five-year estimates.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Arizona ranked

#County Price-to-rentMedian homeMedian rent
1 Yavapai County 26.0 yrs$392,900$1,258
2 Coconino County 24.5 yrs$413,200$1,406
3 Santa Cruz County 23.1 yrs$216,100$781
4 Maricopa County 21.8 yrs$414,700$1,587
5 Pima County 20.7 yrs$286,900$1,154
6 Gila County 20.6 yrs$247,000$1,001
7 Mohave County 20.2 yrs$253,200$1,047
8 Greenlee County 19.9 yrs$136,300$570
9 Graham County 19.0 yrs$202,700$890
10 Navajo County 18.6 yrs$186,100$832
11 Cochise County 18.4 yrs$207,400$939
12 Pinal County 18.4 yrs$312,100$1,417
13 Yuma County 16.6 yrs$195,700$983
14 La Paz County 13.3 yrs$117,600$735
15 Apache County 8.8 yrs$68,500$647

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Arizona

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