El CapitanAZ
28 people call this town in Arizona home.
Is El Capitan a good place to live?
El Capitan’s median age is 70.5 years, where Arizona’s towns sit at 41.9 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. No town among the 141 in Arizona we compare has a higher owner-occupancy rate than El Capitan. El Capitan has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in El Capitan.
El Capitan has four seasons and hot summers
The typical July afternoon high locally is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy El Capitan is
Of 32 CDC measures, El Capitan beats the Arizona average on 1 and trails it on 13. Among adults 18 to 64 locally, 14% have no health insurance. In El Capitan, 31% of adults have obesity, and 22% say their health is fair or poor.
| El Capitan | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 8.1% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | El Capitan | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 77.3% | 73.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.4% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In El Capitan, 4.8% of the land is conserved
2.0 miles of trail. For El Capitan, the trail network density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| El Capitan | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.8% | 14% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Top of a moderate hazard risk in El Capitan: inland flooding
Compared with 53% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in El Capitan is higher. Expected losses in El Capitan break down as 83% from inland flooding and 11% from wildfires.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about El Capitan
Moving to El Capitan: who provides what
El Capitan is unincorporated, so Gila 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.
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of El Capitan; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 El Capitan residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
Questions about El Capitan
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Is El Capitan, AZ a good place to live?
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