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.

A relatively large number of people in Flagstaff telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.22% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Flagstaff is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Flagstaff have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Flagstaff’s economy is one such example of this.

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 decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the benefits of Flagstaff is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.82 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Flagstaff, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Flagstaff is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.79% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Flagstaff in 2018 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.