Most Educated Cities in Arizona
Cities with at least 1,000 residents, ranked by percentage of adults (25+) with a bachelor's degree or higher.
| # | City | Bachelor's+ | Graduate+ | Median Income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paradise Valley | 74.3% | 36.9% | $247,159 | 12,611 |
| 2 | Mountainaire | 72.8% | 40.4% | $111,891 | 1,103 |
| 3 | Catalina Foothills | 71.4% | 39.1% | $115,304 | 52,593 |
| 4 | Fort Valley | 69.6% | 37.1% | $125,625 | 1,761 |
| 5 | Rio Verde | 63.9% | 21.0% | $131,723 | 2,261 |
| 6 | Scottsdale | 61.9% | 24.4% | $110,886 | 243,821 |
| 7 | Carefree | 61.0% | 23.1% | $147,165 | 3,683 |
| 8 | Timberline-Fernwood | 60.8% | 30.0% | $124,638 | 1,973 |
| 9 | Tucson Mountains | 59.0% | 29.2% | $134,474 | 11,353 |
| 10 | Tanque Verde | 58.9% | 31.2% | $121,599 | 15,866 |
| 11 | Queen Valley | 58.6% | 17.1% | N/A | 1,118 |
| 12 | Oro Valley | 58.0% | 26.0% | $107,117 | 48,162 |
| 13 | Saddlebrooke | 52.6% | 23.4% | $88,686 | 13,085 |
| 14 | Cave Creek | 52.4% | 22.4% | $107,067 | 5,091 |
| 15 | Flagstaff | 52.3% | 21.7% | $71,512 | 76,445 |
| 16 | Kachina Village | 51.8% | 24.9% | $90,375 | 3,212 |
| 17 | Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) | 51.5% | 21.9% | $80,878 | 6,356 |
| 18 | Anthem | 50.8% | 17.8% | $120,613 | 22,584 |
| 19 | Fountain Hills | 50.4% | 19.5% | $112,654 | 23,789 |
| 20 | Sedona | 50.4% | 23.2% | $73,738 | 9,777 |
| 21 | Pinetop Country Club | 50.3% | 22.8% | $79,719 | 2,054 |
| 22 | Tempe | 50.0% | 21.0% | $79,663 | 188,065 |
| 23 | Bellemont | 50.0% | 20.3% | $119,722 | 1,701 |
| 24 | Williamson | 48.8% | 17.1% | $89,398 | 6,310 |
| 25 | Rincon Valley | 48.3% | 23.0% | $132,098 | 6,512 |
| 26 | Gilbert | 48.2% | 17.7% | $122,551 | 280,262 |
| 27 | Marana | 47.8% | 18.2% | $112,606 | 56,938 |
| 28 | Chandler | 47.8% | 19.0% | $108,095 | 280,136 |
| 29 | Tubac | 47.5% | 24.3% | $73,359 | 1,294 |
| 30 | Parks | 45.4% | 18.4% | $78,333 | 1,706 |
| 31 | Litchfield Park | 45.0% | 20.4% | $126,250 | 6,916 |
| 32 | Queen Creek | 45.0% | 16.3% | $141,978 | 71,867 |
| 33 | Corona de Tucson | 44.8% | 17.0% | $132,568 | 9,566 |
| 34 | Green Valley | 44.0% | 20.1% | $62,063 | 22,114 |
| 35 | Sahuarita | 44.0% | 17.4% | $104,680 | 35,862 |
| 36 | Vail | 42.9% | 16.5% | $130,904 | 16,315 |
| 37 | Casas Adobes | 42.5% | 18.9% | $83,683 | 72,059 |
| 38 | Gold Canyon | 40.2% | 14.6% | $93,377 | 13,107 |
| 39 | Prescott | 39.9% | 16.5% | $70,874 | 47,400 |
| 40 | Sun Lakes | 39.4% | 16.2% | $67,853 | 13,924 |
| 41 | Morenci | 39.2% | 24.6% | $69,583 | 1,673 |
| 42 | Citrus Park | 38.7% | 12.8% | $141,026 | 5,115 |
| 43 | Cornville | 38.2% | 19.5% | $72,596 | 3,618 |
| 44 | Doney Park | 36.4% | 14.9% | $104,967 | 6,253 |
| 45 | Peoria | 36.3% | 14.1% | $95,815 | 196,906 |
| 46 | Red Rock (Pinal County) | 36.0% | 6.6% | $80,357 | 3,277 |
| 47 | Goodyear | 35.5% | 13.2% | $103,319 | 107,645 |
| 48 | Sierra Vista | 35.0% | 13.8% | $70,291 | 45,155 |
| 49 | Show Low | 34.9% | 10.4% | $60,368 | 12,102 |
| 50 | Sun City West | 34.7% | 14.8% | $63,685 | 27,425 |
| 51 | Wickenburg | 34.1% | 17.2% | $67,600 | 8,059 |
| 52 | St. Johns | 33.7% | 14.1% | $131,968 | 3,395 |
| 53 | Phoenix | 33.6% | 13.1% | $81,332 | 1,642,323 |
| 54 | Sierra Vista Southeast | 32.6% | 14.4% | $75,417 | 14,330 |
| 55 | Mesa | 32.5% | 11.1% | $82,752 | 511,764 |
| 56 | Clarkdale | 32.2% | 11.0% | $46,563 | 4,758 |
| 57 | Pinetop-Lakeside | 32.1% | 15.4% | $60,694 | 4,101 |
| 58 | New River | 31.5% | 10.4% | $134,289 | 18,240 |
| 59 | Catalina | 31.4% | 14.4% | $78,207 | 6,489 |
| 60 | Tucson | 31.1% | 12.9% | $57,073 | 547,073 |
| 61 | Bisbee | 30.8% | 12.2% | $47,613 | 4,977 |
| 62 | Surprise | 30.5% | 11.3% | $96,711 | 154,948 |
| 63 | Mescal | 29.5% | 11.1% | $55,417 | 1,760 |
| 64 | Pine | 29.2% | 3.3% | $59,432 | 1,740 |
| 65 | Eagar | 29.2% | 13.8% | $82,839 | 4,416 |
| 66 | Whetstone | 29.0% | 8.5% | $51,625 | 2,971 |
| 67 | Snowflake | 28.7% | 13.2% | $76,174 | 6,444 |
| 68 | Centennial Park | 28.6% | 6.6% | $167,872 | 1,839 |
| 69 | Taylor | 28.6% | 9.1% | $90,275 | 4,183 |
| 70 | Chinle | 28.5% | 12.6% | $53,239 | 4,147 |
| 71 | Page | 28.2% | 5.0% | $88,826 | 7,345 |
| 72 | Cottonwood | 27.5% | 9.4% | $48,448 | 12,580 |
| 73 | Verde Village | 27.4% | 13.1% | $69,331 | 11,930 |
| 74 | Grand Canyon Village | 27.2% | 8.8% | $73,418 | 1,599 |
| 75 | St. Michaels | 27.2% | 11.4% | $65,556 | 1,142 |
| 76 | Ajo | 26.1% | 8.8% | $53,958 | 3,107 |
| 77 | Sun City | 26.0% | 11.1% | $54,586 | 37,486 |
| 78 | Desert Hills | 25.9% | 7.8% | $62,361 | 2,944 |
| 79 | Window Rock | 25.4% | 7.5% | $55,694 | 2,477 |
| 80 | Benson | 25.2% | 4.9% | $49,346 | 5,417 |
| 81 | Buckeye | 24.9% | 8.8% | $99,486 | 104,923 |
| 82 | Williams | 24.8% | 7.1% | $76,136 | 3,369 |
| 83 | Wagon Wheel | 24.6% | 9.7% | $68,495 | 1,716 |
| 84 | Payson | 24.4% | 9.4% | $67,710 | 16,622 |
| 85 | Prescott Valley | 24.4% | 10.4% | $74,569 | 49,179 |
| 86 | Tucson Estates | 24.4% | 10.9% | $66,582 | 12,136 |
| 87 | Glendale | 24.3% | 8.6% | $73,530 | 252,833 |
| 88 | Chino Valley | 24.1% | 8.1% | $61,237 | 13,602 |
| 89 | San Tan Valley | 23.9% | 6.5% | $96,713 | 109,189 |
| 90 | Wellton | 23.8% | 10.0% | $58,470 | 2,527 |
| 91 | Maricopa | 23.6% | 7.2% | $96,391 | 67,163 |
| 92 | Quartzsite | 23.5% | 1.6% | N/A | 1,877 |
| 93 | Springerville | 23.4% | 8.8% | $49,051 | 2,008 |
| 94 | Oracle | 22.8% | 9.4% | $63,774 | 3,146 |
| 95 | Parker | 22.7% | 5.5% | $66,273 | 3,388 |
| 96 | Lake of the Woods | 22.5% | 5.9% | $55,987 | 3,250 |
| 97 | Rio Rico | 22.1% | 7.1% | $61,348 | 22,017 |
| 98 | Tonto Basin | 21.7% | 7.0% | $50,762 | 1,750 |
| 99 | Casa Grande | 21.7% | 7.7% | $69,983 | 60,905 |
| 100 | Dewey-Humboldt | 21.5% | 5.1% | $66,535 | 4,501 |
| 101 | Avondale | 21.3% | 6.8% | $86,123 | 92,477 |
| 102 | Fort Defiance | 21.3% | 8.7% | $56,045 | 3,351 |
| 103 | Valencia West | 21.1% | 8.3% | $99,884 | 14,728 |
| 104 | Tuba City | 21.1% | 12.0% | $61,338 | 7,960 |
| 105 | St. David | 20.9% | 8.7% | $53,188 | 1,098 |
| 106 | Yuma | 20.8% | 7.9% | $65,482 | 100,139 |
| 107 | Thatcher | 20.7% | 9.1% | $82,917 | 5,439 |
| 108 | Tsaile | 20.4% | 15.7% | $48,819 | 1,696 |
| 109 | Camp Verde | 20.2% | 10.4% | $69,203 | 12,521 |
| 110 | Kingman | 20.0% | 8.8% | $61,792 | 34,375 |
| 111 | Globe | 19.2% | 8.3% | $69,170 | 7,195 |
| 112 | Superior | 19.2% | 5.7% | $45,030 | 2,535 |
| 113 | Mountain View Ranches | 18.9% | 10.8% | $116,290 | 1,984 |
| 114 | Strawberry | 18.9% | 2.8% | $60,492 | 1,094 |
| 115 | Lake Havasu City | 18.5% | 7.0% | $70,148 | 58,359 |
| 116 | Kayenta | 18.4% | 4.9% | $58,423 | 4,927 |
| 117 | Congress | 18.3% | 3.8% | $57,159 | 1,491 |
| 118 | Linden | 18.3% | 5.6% | $98,038 | 2,502 |
| 119 | Apache Junction | 18.1% | 6.5% | $60,975 | 41,058 |
| 120 | Miami | 18.1% | 4.8% | $40,875 | 1,405 |
| 121 | Safford | 18.1% | 5.3% | $65,647 | 10,239 |
| 122 | Clifton | 17.8% | 1.7% | $78,480 | 3,822 |
| 123 | Cordes Lakes | 17.8% | 1.3% | $61,708 | 3,808 |
| 124 | Circle City | 17.7% | 1.3% | $41,875 | 1,089 |
| 125 | Drexel Heights | 17.6% | 5.3% | $73,508 | 27,675 |
| 126 | Nogales | 17.6% | 6.5% | $43,214 | 19,841 |
| 127 | Florence | 17.3% | 4.7% | $79,644 | 25,570 |
| 128 | Beaver Dam | 16.9% | 5.7% | $72,650 | 1,624 |
| 129 | Tombstone | 16.9% | 5.4% | $34,901 | 1,026 |
| 130 | Fortuna Foothills | 16.5% | 6.9% | $60,474 | 28,896 |
| 131 | Lake Montezuma | 16.4% | 5.3% | $64,455 | 4,929 |
| 132 | El Mirage | 15.8% | 5.4% | $78,050 | 36,088 |
| 133 | Star Valley | 15.5% | 9.1% | $65,426 | 2,525 |
| 134 | Black Canyon City | 15.3% | 7.6% | $47,465 | 2,181 |
| 135 | Pima | 15.3% | 2.4% | $97,960 | 2,995 |
| 136 | Bullhead City | 15.2% | 5.2% | $50,556 | 42,496 |
| 137 | North Fork | 15.2% | 3.7% | $123,313 | 1,463 |
| 138 | Red Lake | 14.8% | 4.3% | $100,988 | 1,676 |
| 139 | Valle Vista | 14.7% | 4.1% | $46,161 | 2,369 |
| 140 | Holbrook | 14.6% | 6.5% | $56,502 | 4,858 |
| 141 | Colorado City | 14.5% | 1.9% | $64,167 | 2,702 |
| 142 | Youngtown | 14.4% | 5.0% | $68,321 | 7,015 |
| 143 | Heber-Overgaard | 14.4% | 3.3% | $58,542 | 3,621 |
| 144 | Huachuca City | 14.0% | 5.8% | $50,625 | 1,614 |
| 145 | Coolidge | 14.0% | 5.0% | $67,023 | 16,636 |
| 146 | White Mountain Lake | 13.8% | 2.6% | $50,263 | 2,910 |
| 147 | Cienega Springs | 13.6% | 4.5% | $46,575 | 1,958 |
| 148 | Flowing Wells | 13.4% | 5.1% | $39,774 | 16,559 |
| 149 | Picture Rocks | 13.3% | 3.8% | $61,634 | 9,448 |
| 150 | Avra Valley | 13.0% | 5.0% | $54,132 | 6,277 |
| 151 | South Tucson | 13.0% | 5.1% | $33,598 | 4,550 |
| 152 | Paulden | 12.9% | 5.1% | $91,741 | 4,795 |
| 153 | Eloy | 12.9% | 3.4% | $55,736 | 17,433 |
| 154 | Golden Shores | 12.7% | 3.8% | $44,077 | 1,555 |
| 155 | Lukachukai | 12.5% | 3.9% | $37,011 | 1,969 |
| 156 | Bagdad | 12.4% | 7.6% | $107,885 | 2,814 |
| 157 | Somerton | 12.4% | 4.4% | $74,015 | 14,574 |
| 158 | Douglas | 12.4% | 4.9% | $42,019 | 15,981 |
| 159 | Willcox | 12.3% | 4.0% | $43,929 | 3,222 |
| 160 | Tolleson | 12.1% | 0.5% | $59,626 | 7,668 |
| 161 | Arizona City | 12.0% | 3.2% | $66,420 | 9,543 |
| 162 | Meadview | 11.9% | 2.3% | $26,490 | 1,517 |
| 163 | Guadalupe | 11.1% | 5.9% | $51,354 | 5,272 |
| 164 | Fort Mohave | 10.8% | 4.2% | $64,815 | 15,715 |
| 165 | First Mesa | 10.5% | 5.2% | $57,889 | 1,459 |
| 166 | Winslow | 10.5% | 4.9% | $58,346 | 8,773 |
| 167 | Canyon Day | 10.1% | 4.9% | $36,207 | 1,182 |
| 168 | Three Points | 10.0% | 2.8% | $56,898 | 5,254 |
| 169 | Kearny | 9.8% | 5.2% | $47,031 | 2,109 |
| 170 | Dolan Springs | 9.6% | 2.9% | $25,996 | 1,341 |
| 171 | Wilhoit | 9.6% | 3.5% | $57,708 | 1,101 |
| 172 | Claypool | 9.4% | 0.9% | $57,900 | 1,259 |
| 173 | Scenic | 9.4% | 5.7% | $29,063 | 1,379 |
| 174 | Mammoth | 9.3% | 4.5% | $47,266 | 1,191 |
| 175 | San Luis | 9.3% | 1.7% | $59,400 | 37,337 |
| 176 | LeChee | 9.0% | 2.6% | $61,731 | 1,307 |
| 177 | Joseph City | 9.0% | 7.2% | $75,227 | 2,153 |
| 178 | Kaibab Estates West | 8.9% | 5.1% | $38,512 | 1,403 |
| 179 | Gila Bend | 8.7% | 2.1% | $52,254 | 1,363 |
| 180 | Ak-Chin Village | 8.3% | 3.0% | $47,344 | 1,132 |
| 181 | New Kingman-Butler | 8.3% | 3.2% | $40,949 | 13,993 |
| 182 | Peach Springs | 8.3% | 4.0% | $60,054 | 1,234 |
| 183 | Spring Valley | 8.2% | 1.6% | $42,817 | 1,673 |
| 184 | Pinon | 8.1% | 3.8% | $45,563 | 1,159 |
| 185 | Sells | 8.1% | 4.0% | N/A | 1,935 |
| 186 | San Manuel | 8.0% | 2.9% | $48,314 | 3,491 |
| 187 | Dilkon | 7.7% | 2.7% | $37,656 | 1,270 |
| 188 | Kaibito | 7.2% | 3.1% | $46,932 | 1,661 |
| 189 | Naco | 6.9% | 1.3% | $57,540 | 1,060 |
| 190 | Mohave Valley | 6.8% | 4.3% | $60,134 | 2,555 |
| 191 | Fredonia | 6.5% | 2.0% | $62,887 | 1,061 |
| 192 | Pirtleville | 6.1% | 0.0% | $48,589 | 1,939 |
| 193 | Swift Trail Junction | 6.0% | 0.0% | $63,074 | 2,859 |
| 194 | Summit | 5.5% | 3.2% | $47,064 | 4,896 |
| 195 | Golden Valley | 4.9% | 2.8% | $42,585 | 8,567 |
| 196 | Bouse | 4.7% | 4.7% | $47,691 | 1,203 |
| 197 | Cactus Flats | 4.1% | 1.5% | $58,021 | 1,508 |
| 198 | Whiteriver | 4.1% | 0.7% | $37,440 | 4,545 |
| 199 | Blackwater | 3.9% | 2.5% | N/A | 1,958 |
| 200 | Sacaton | 3.8% | 1.7% | $49,327 | 3,429 |
| 201 | Casa Blanca | 3.8% | 0.0% | $30,282 | 1,697 |
| 202 | Bylas | 3.4% | 0.0% | $29,318 | 1,551 |
| 203 | Avenue B and C | 3.3% | 1.9% | $44,240 | 4,001 |
| 204 | San Carlos | 2.3% | 1.9% | $56,302 | 4,973 |
| 205 | Central Heights-Midland City | 2.2% | 0.0% | $61,400 | 2,909 |
| 206 | Cibecue | 1.9% | 0.0% | $25,791 | 2,228 |
| 207 | Shongopovi | 0.0% | 0.0% | N/A | 1,084 |