Cienega SpringsAZ
Some 1,958 people live in this town, in Arizona.
Is Cienega Springs a good place to live?
The best of Cienega Springs’ subject grades is an A− for the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Cienega Springs’ peak summer temperature is 109°F, against 100°F in Arizona’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. Only 8 of Arizona’s 207 towns score lower on hazard risk. The median household income is $47K, and 20% of residents live below the poverty line. 45% of the land in Cienega Springs is conserved, above both the Arizona town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Lapaz County Park, at 104 acres. Cienega Springs has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Cienega Springs stand out
Where Cienega Springs beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
93% of working residents leave Cienega Springs for work
Where Cienega Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cienega Springs grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Cienega Springs is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cienega Springs: who provides what
Cienega Springs is unincorporated, so La Paz 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 Cienega Springs.
Conservation land takes up nearly a third of Cienega Springs
Walkers can cover 2.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Cienega Springs is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lapaz County Park | — | 104 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cienega Springs stands out in Arizona and nationally: the FEMA risk score there is higher
FEMA puts 95% of Cienega Springs’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 98% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Cienega Springs’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Cienega Springs for work: only 7% work in town. For Cienega Springs, the mean commuting time is 14 minutes. The top destinations are Parker (21%), Phoenix (11%) and Lake Havasu City (6%).
| Cienega Springs | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 14 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $47,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.1% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Cienega Springs trails 73% of U.S. towns
Cienega Springs: 27% of adults say their health is fair or poor. Of 32 CDC measures, Cienega Springs beats the Arizona average on 2 and trails it on 12. In Cienega Springs, 44% of adults have high blood pressure, and 16% have diabetes.
| Cienega Springs | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Cienega Springs | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.5% | 73.9% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.2% | 85.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.7% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cienega Springs: mild winters and hot summers
The January low for Cienega Springs comes to 42°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Cienega Springs sells for about $522K at the median
Cienega Springs’ rent at the middle of the market is $924 a month. In Cienega Springs, nearly two thirds of households live in a home they own.
| Cienega Springs | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $924 a month | $1,200 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Cienega Springs
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cienega Springs; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Cienega Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
About Cienega Springs
CDP in La Paz County, Arizona
Cienega Springs is a census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. Its population was 1,690 as of the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 374 ft
- Area code
- 928
Cienega Springs’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Cienega Springs.
| Town | AZ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cienega Springs | — | — | C | — | C+ | C |
| Parker Strip | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cienega Springs has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Cienega Springs reports no FBI crime data of its own. Parker Strip isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cienega Springs with a neighbor →
Questions about Cienega Springs
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cienega Springs, AZ a good place to live?
Some 1,958 people live in this town, in Arizona.
Is Cienega Springs, AZ expensive?
The typical home is worth about $192,000, 54% below the Arizona typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.