Flowing WellsAZ
A town of 16,559.
Is Flowing Wells a good place to live?
Flowing Wells gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $41K, less than a year of the Tucson metro’s $70K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 66th among Arizona's 139 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and the median household income is $40K, and 24% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Flowing Wells’ July high is 102°F, where Arizona’s towns sit at 100°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Among 140 Arizona towns, just 2 have a lower median household income than Flowing Wells. The biggest place to walk is Flowing Wells Park, 20 acres with 1 miles of trail.
What makes Flowing Wells stand out
Where Flowing Wells beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
How Flowing Wells grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Flowing Wells is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 2%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Saguaro National Park and 23 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Flowing Wells. Close and well known come first.
5 mi National ParkSaguaro National Park848K visitors a year
6 mi Stadium & arenaArizona Stadium
14 mi MuseumPima Air & Space Museum
17 mi MountainMount Lemmon
10 mi Zoo & aquariumArizona-Sonora Desert Museum
27 mi MuseumTitan Missile MuseumPhoto credits
Saguaro National Park: Luke Jones from Yucca Valley, CC BY 2.0 · Arizona Stadium: Wcarlisle4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pima Air & Space Museum: The original uploader was MCB at English Wikipedia. Later versions were uploade, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Mount Lemmon: Debby Kriegel, Public domain · Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Titan Missile Museum: Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Flowing Wells: who provides what
Flowing Wells is unincorporated, so Pima 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 Flowing Wells.
Flowing Wells has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
The FEMA risk score in Flowing Wells is higher than in most of Arizona or the rest of the country
Only 4 of the 140 Arizona towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Flowing Wells. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Flowing Wells since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Flowing Wells beat 61% of Arizona districts
Its public schools are run by the Flowing Wells Unified District. One of its 6 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flowing Wells Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 758 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AZ on state tests and graduation
Flowing Wells is less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns
Against the 2,321 U.S. towns with household incomes like Flowing Wells’s, it is healthier than 71%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
Flowing Wells beats the Arizona average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 25. 28% of Flowing Wells adults say their health is fair or poor. Only 6 of the 140 Arizona towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Flowing Wells.
| Flowing Wells | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 21% | 19% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 8.1% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Flowing Wells | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12% | 7.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.1% | 14.7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 24% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Flowing Wells has set aside 6.2% of its land for conservation
2.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Flowing Wells’ trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Flowing Wells | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 15% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Flowing Wells Park | 1 mi | 20 |
| 2. Children's Memorial Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Flowing Wells has mild winters and hot summers
The Tucson U Of A #1 weather station records that about 167 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 101.8°, hotter than in 100% of U.S. towns; January nights average 38.4°.
Flowing Wells has mild winters and scorching summers, with very little rain. The January low in Flowing Wells is 38°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About half of Flowing Wells’ working residents commute to Tucson
Most working residents leave Flowing Wells for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Flowing Wells has added 842 jobs, to 4,768 in 2023. 7.2% of workers work from home in Flowing Wells.
| Flowing Wells | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.2% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Flowing Wells sell for about $220K
At 0.6 years of the Tucson metro’s $70K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 99% of Arizona towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $677, against $1,879 across Arizona, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Flowing Wells
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Flowing Wells
About 4 of every 100 Flowing Wells residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
About Flowing Wells
CDP in Pima County, Arizona
Flowing Wells is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is a suburb of Tucson. The population was 16,419 at the 2010 census. The Flowing Wells community was given an All-America City Award by the National Civic League in 2007.
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- Area
- 4.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,270 ft
- Area code
- 520
Flowing Wells’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Flowing Wells.
| Town | AZ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowing Wells | #66 | C+ | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Tucson | #108 | C− | C | D | B | B− |
| Casas Adobes | #28 | B | D | — | B+ | A |
Flowing Wells and Casas Adobes report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Flowing Wells with a neighbor →
Questions about Flowing Wells
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Flowing Wells, AZ a good place to live?
Flowing Wells grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #66 of 139 in Arizona. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Flowing Wells, AZ expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $41,000, 90% below the Arizona typical home. That is 0.6 years of the area's median household income ($70,315 across the Tucson, AZ metro 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+.