Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety36#10,082/15,637
Economy67#5,136/15,631
Housing90#1,502/14,977
Health37#9,800/15,609
Healthcare26#11,586/15,650
Environment87#2,073/15,453
Education19#12,733/15,649
Infrastructure41#9,280/15,650
Community20#12,532/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,522/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where St. Johns (city), Arizona ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Apache County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.3 µg/m³
99/100Arizona 6.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyApache County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.22%
99/100Arizona 0.48%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Property crime rate · low198 /100k
99/100Arizona 1,514 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureApache County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Arizona 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Home price to income ratio · low1.5×
97/100Arizona 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.0%
95/100Arizona 12.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Premature death · high26,905 /100k
0/100Arizona 9,154 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteApache County value
Life expectancy · low64.6 yrs
0/100Arizona 77.3 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteApache County value
Injury deaths · high259 /100k
0/100Arizona 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteApache County value
Food environment index · low3.4
0/100Arizona 6.8United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteApache County value
New business applications · low5.3 /1k
0/100Arizona 17.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauApache County value
Mammography screening · low23.0%
0/100Arizona 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteApache County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
43.1% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−43 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,897 (2015-2019) → $131,968 (2020-2024)
+181%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
4.9% (2015-2019) → 33.7% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
55.2% (2015-2019) → 82.7% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
77.9% (2015-2019) → 97.7% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
20.4% (2015-2019) → 4.3% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, St. Johns (city), Arizona improved on 3 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Household income+181%$46,897 → $131,968
High school++20 points77.9% → 97.7%
Broadband+28 points55.2% → 82.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of St. Johns (city), Arizona between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	12.1 min2015-2019	16.3 min2020-2024	+4.2 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	55.2%2015-2019	82.7%2020-2024	+28 points	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.36%2015-2019	0.23%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
High school diploma or higher	77.9%2015-2019	97.7%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	100%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.5×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4862020-2024	+0.058	Within the margin of error	14%
Median household income	$46,8972015-2019	$131,9682020-2024	+181%	Improved	100%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	43.1%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−43 points	Within the margin of error	99%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like St. Johns (city), Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of St. Johns (city), Arizona in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, St. Johns (city), Arizona itself moved +19 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,395 residents (±26)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,395 residents (±26)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

White69%2,331
Black7.3%†247
Hispanic or Latino20%†690

Education

1,668 residents (±331)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

No high school diploma2.3%†39
High school or GED13%†219
Some college33%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

763 households (±168)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

Under $25k6.2%†47
$25k–50k19%†147
$50k–75k4.7%†36
$75k–100k3.1%†24
$100k–150k29%†219
$150k–200k19%†142
$200k or more19%†148

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−24.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

763 households (±168)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

Own97%738
Rent3.3%†25

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+25.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

25 households (±37)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,000100%†25
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

738 homes (±165)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

Under $150k31%†227
$150k–250k27%†196
$250k–400k28%†205

Age of homes

1,082 homes (±208)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

2010 or later11%†115
2000–200917%†189
1980–199933%†356

Size of homes

1,082 homes (±208)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

Studio6.4%†69
1 bedroom8.2%†89
2 bedrooms12%†135

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,155 workers (±223)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

Drive alone81%933
Carpool2.5%†29
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%†191
Other0.2%†2

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

964 workers (±270)

St. Johns (city), Arizona
Arizona share

Under 15 min50%†486
15–29 min26%†255
30–44 min15%†141

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Apache County, the county holding most of St. Johns's residents.

Apache County has 442 employer establishments, 67.9 for every 10,000 residents (0.27× the US rate of 248; 0.31× Arizona's), with 6,112 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,071. The Census Bureau also counts 2,838 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 442; 2,838 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 67.9; US 248 · Arizona 219
Paid employees: 6,112
Average annual pay: $52,071; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Apache County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	38	5.8	0.28×Fewer than typical	465	$42,034	132
Gasoline stations	30	4.6	1.42×More than typical	315	$25,848	—
Restaurants and other eating places	28	4.3	0.23×Fewer than typical	452	$22,785	37
Specialty trade contractors	20	3.1	0.20×Fewer than typical	109	$37,661	269
Traveler accommodation	18	2.8	1.53×More than typical	282	$23,238	9
Construction of buildings	17	2.6	0.35×Fewer than typical	61	$36,852	108
Full-service restaurants	15	2.3	0.30×Fewer than typical	206	$23,078	16
Grocery and convenience stores	13	2	0.67×Fewer than typical	396	$27,326	6
Limited-service restaurants	13	2	0.25×Fewer than typical	246	$22,541	3
Religious organizations	13	2	0.36×Fewer than typical	56	$15,554	—
Individual and family services	12	1.8	0.66×Fewer than typical	176	$26,318	15
Lessors of real estate	12	1.8	0.15×Fewer than typical	30	$24,600	117

Rank places for an industry Open Apache County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 65,055 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1,892 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in St. Johns (city), Arizona: $0.56 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $1,892; +254% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.56; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$1,892100%

Top recipients

LONERGAN ELECTRIC SERVICE INC$1,892100%

Spending by fiscal year

40.8FY2017
57.9FY2018
276.5FY2021
757.1FY2022
534.1FY2025
1.9KFY2026

What was bought

Construction & real property$1,892100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$1,892100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in St. Johns (city), Arizona, so they do not add up across cities.

St. Johns (city), Arizona's figures are part of those of Apache County, AZ ($80.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: St. Johns is mostly in Apache County.

See federal money in Apache County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

St. Johns (city), Arizona is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Elijah CraneR-AZ-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 2.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Apache County14100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Apache County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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