Avenue B and CAZ
A town of 4,001.
Is Avenue B and C a good place to live?
Avenue B and C gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $15K, less than a year of the Yuma metro’s $63K median household income. It grades C overall, 91st among Arizona's 139 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $44K, and 20% of residents live below the poverty line. Avenue B and C’s July high is 108°F, above both Arizona’s towns (100°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Only 1 of the 140 Arizona towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Avenue B and C. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 81% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top.
99% of working residents leave Avenue B and C for work
Where Avenue B and C’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Avenue B and C grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Avenue B and C is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 89% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 2%), so the C overall blends very different results.
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Moving to Avenue B and C: who provides what
Avenue B and C is unincorporated, so Yuma County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Avenue B and C.
Avenue B and C has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Yuma and beyond, but it has household incomes well below the Arizona norm.
Avenue B and C has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
3.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Avenue B and C’s trail density is 4.3 miles per square mile.
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Avenue B and C stands out in Arizona and nationally, with more of its adults who say their health is fair or poor
44% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Avenue B and C. Among 140 Arizona towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Avenue B and C. 36% of adults feel lonely in Avenue B and C.
| Avenue B and C | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 21% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 32% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Avenue B and C | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.4% | 8.8% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.7% | 15.3% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 47.6% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very high risk in Avenue B and C, with earthquakes at the top
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Avenue B and C since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More than half of Avenue B and C’s working residents commute to Yuma
Avenue B and C has 34 jobs for its 1,595 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Avenue B and C for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Avenue B and C fell to 34 in 2023, 53 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Yuma (55%), Phoenix (6%) and Somerton (3%).
| Avenue B and C | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $44,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical January night in Avenue B and C is milder than in most of Arizona or the rest of the country
The Yuma Quartermaster Depot weather station records that about 195 days a year reach 90°, more than in 100% of U.S. towns. January nights average 44.9°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 107.6°.
The January low in Avenue B and C is 45°F. Avenue B and C has warm winters and scorching summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Avenue B and C
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Avenue B and C
About 3 of every 100 Avenue B and C residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
About Avenue B and C
CDP in Yuma County, Arizona
Avenue B and C or B&C Colonia is a census-designated place (CDP) and colonia in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The population was 4,176 at the 2010 census. Areas that are part of Avenue B and C were first subdivided in the 1920s and 1930s. The colonia received a sewer system in 2011. It is the fifth most populous community in Yuma County and second most populous CDP (behind Fortuna Foothills).
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Area code
- 928
Avenue B and C’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Avenue B and C.
| Town | AZ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue B and C | #91 | C | A | — | B− | D− |
| Yuma | #111 | C− | C+ | C | C+ | C+ |
Avenue B and C reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Avenue B and C with a neighbor →
Questions about Avenue B and C
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Avenue B and C, AZ a good place to live?
Avenue B and C grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #91 of 139 in Arizona. It grades D− for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Avenue B and C, AZ expensive?
Not for the area. That is 0.2 years of the area's median household income ($62,876 across the Yuma, AZ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.