CibecueAZ
A regional job hub with 1,339 jobs. Settled in 1910, this town now has 2,228 residents.
Is Cibecue a good place to live?
The best of Cibecue’s subject grades is a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for incomes. 57% of residents live below the poverty line in Cibecue, where Arizona’s towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Only 1 of Arizona’s 202 towns score lower on incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Only 11 of Arizona’s 207 towns score lower on the outdoors. Salt River Canyon Bridge and Lower Cibecue Lutheran Mission is on the National Register of Historic Places. Cibecue has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Cibecue stand out
Where Cibecue beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Every workday, about 1,314 people come to Cibecue for work
Where Cibecue’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cibecue grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Cibecue is from typical.
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Moving to Cibecue: who provides what
Cibecue is unincorporated, so Navajo 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 Cibecue.
The median household income in Cibecue is lower than in most of Arizona or the rest of the country
Cibecue’s average commute is 34 minutes. For most workers, Cibecue is a place to come home to: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Whiteriver (43%), Hondah (6%) and Phoenix (5%). The median commute is under 33 miles.
| Cibecue | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $26,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Cibecue fall behind 80% of Arizona districts
The largest public high school is Dishchii'bikoh Community School, with 576 students. The public schools here belong to Dishchii'bikoh Community School. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dishchii'bikoh Community SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 576 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AZ on state tests and graduation
Cibecue stands out in Arizona and nationally, with more of its adults who feel lonely
Among 141 Arizona towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who worry about having enough food than Cibecue. For adults in the town, the share who report frequent mental distress is 24%. Also worth knowing: of 32 CDC measures, Cibecue beats the Arizona average on 2 and trails it on 25.
| Cibecue | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 31% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cibecue | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 8.8% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 28.6% | 37.3% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 19.8% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cibecue faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by wildfire
The FEMA risk score for Cibecue comes to 96 of 100. 53% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from wildfires, followed by inland flooding at 31%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of Cibecue is conserved land
6.3 miles of trail. The trail density in Cibecue is 1.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Cibecue
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cibecue; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Cibecue residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
Questions about Cibecue
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cibecue, 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 B+.