CornfieldsAZ
This town of 320 people was settled in 1910.
Is Cornfields a good place to live?
64% of residents live below the poverty line in Cornfields, above both Arizona’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). No town among the 141 in Arizona we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Cornfields. Cornfields has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
320 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
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In Cornfields, the median household income runs lower than in the typical Arizona or U.S. town
Half of commuters travel less than 34 miles. The top destinations are St. Michaels (25%), Ganado (13%) and Gallup (5%). The typical journey to work for Cornfields comes to 24 minutes.
| Cornfields | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $24,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Cornfields: inland flooding
Nearly two thirds of Cornfields’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by lightning at 22%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in just over two thirds of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Cornfields brings four seasons and hot summers
Cornfields’ midsummer high stands at 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cornfields stands out in Arizona and nationally: a larger share of its adults worry about having enough food
For adults in Cornfields, the share who have high blood pressure is 42%. Of the 141 Arizona towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Cornfields. This Arizona town does better than the Arizona average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 24.
| Cornfields | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 21% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Cornfields | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.1% | 15.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.7% | 73.9% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 25.6% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Cornfields
Moving to Cornfields: who provides what
Cornfields is unincorporated, so Apache 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.
100% of working residents leave Cornfields for work
Where Cornfields’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cornfields; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Cornfields residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Arizona.
Questions about Cornfields
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