BylasAZ
The town was settled in 1917 and has 1,551 residents today.
Is Bylas a good place to live?
Bylas’ best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for health. 47% of residents live below the poverty line in Bylas, where Arizona’s towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On health, just 2 of Arizona’s 207 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 3 of Arizona’s 207 towns do worse. Bylas has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Bylas for work
Where Bylas’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bylas grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Bylas is from typical.
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Moving to Bylas: who provides what
Bylas is unincorporated, so Graham 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 Bylas.
Bylas stands out in Arizona and nationally, with more of its adults who smoke cigarettes
Among 141 Arizona towns, just one has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Bylas. 39% of Bylas adults get no exercise outside work. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Bylas is ahead of Arizona on 2 and behind on 27.
| Bylas | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 21% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Bylas | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.4% | 8.8% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 32.4% | 37.3% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 28.8% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Bylas fall behind 80% of Arizona districts
Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. Public schools: the Fort Thomas Unified District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Baptist Academy PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–7 | Grades 1–7 | 7 | – |
| Mt. Turnbull AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 32 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AZ on state tests and graduation
Top of a very high hazard risk in Bylas: inland flooding
For Bylas, the FEMA hazard score is 89 of 100. 45% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 28%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Arizona and the rest of the country, the median household income in Bylas is lower
No town among the 141 in Arizona we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Bylas. Bylas’ typical journey to work comes in at 32 minutes. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Bylas dropped by 589, to 45. The median commute is under 27 miles.
| Bylas | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $29,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Bylas
July afternoons reach 101°, January nights drop to 31° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of Bylas is conserved land
1.8 miles of trail. In Bylas, the concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Bylas
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Bylas; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Bylas residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
Questions about Bylas
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bylas, AZ expensive?
Not for the 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+.