Kachina VillageAZ
With 3,212 residents, it is a town in Arizona.
What should you know before moving to Kachina Village?
The picture is mixed. Its strongest is health: residents are healthier than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Overall, Kachina Village earns a B−: better than 52% of U.S. towns, and 37th of 139 in Arizona. Walkability is its weak spot (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $414K for a typical one, 5.7 times the Flagstaff metro’s $73K median household income. It also trails on hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of U.S. communities, with wildfire at the top. This Arizona town has 1 place on the National Register.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Kachina Village stand out
Where Kachina Village beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
2 miles of trails in Kachina Village
15.3% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
How Kachina Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Kachina Village is from typical.
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Moving to Kachina Village: who provides what
Kachina Village is unincorporated, so Coconino 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 Kachina Village.
Kachina Village is the healthiest town in Arizona, has a shorter frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Flagstaff and beyond.
Kachina Village stands out in Arizona and nationally, with fewer of its adults who get no exercise outside work
It is the healthiest of the 140 Arizona towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Arizona is tooth loss: 5.6% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.7% statewide.
Among adults in Kachina Village, 17% binge drink. The share of adults in Kachina Village who sleep under 7 hours is 29%, against 35% in Arizona’s towns and 36% across U.S. towns. Of the 140 Arizona towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who have obesity than Kachina Village. This Arizona town beats the Arizona average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Kachina Village | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 32% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 24% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Kachina Village | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.6% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.6% | 13.2% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 70.3% | 73.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conservation land takes up 15.3% of Kachina Village
The density of trails for Kachina Village comes to 1.3 miles per square mile, where Arizona’s towns sit at 1.1 and U.S. towns at 0.4. There are 1.5 miles of trail across 3 parks and preserves. Also worth knowing: the biggest place to walk is Pumphouse County Natural Area, 146 acres with 1.3 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pumphouse County Natural Area | 1.3 mi | 146 |
| 2. Raymond Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Coconino National Forest | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Kachina Village has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from wildfire
Expected losses in Kachina Village break down as 55% from wildfires and 33% from inland flooding. Flood insurance has paid one claim here since 2019.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More than half of Kachina Village’s working residents commute to Flagstaff
Kachina Village has 117 jobs for its 1,158 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Kachina Village’s average trip to work is 28 minutes. Only 2% of working residents stay in Kachina Village for work; the rest commute out. 4.3% of Kachina Village residents live below the poverty line. For half of commuters, work is under 9 miles away.
| Kachina Village | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 18% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Kachina Village’s year
The Flagstaff Pulliam Ap weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 115 days, shorter than in 98% of U.S. towns. The Flagstaff Pulliam Ap weather station records that 90 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
The midsummer high in Kachina Village is 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Kachina Village sells for about $620K
The share of households in Kachina Village who live in a home they own: 74%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Humphreys Peak and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kachina Village. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MountainHumphreys Peak
30 mi National MonumentMontezuma Castle National Monument320K visitors a year
20 mi MountainCathedral Rock
21 mi National MonumentSunset Crater Volcano National Monument108K visitors a year
16 mi Ski areaArizona Snowbowl53 runs · 2,368 ft vertical
13 mi Canyon & gorgeOak Creek CanyonPhoto credits
Humphreys Peak: Bob Blasi; Coconino National Forest, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Montezuma Castle National Monument: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cathedral Rock: Terrydarc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · Arizona Snowbowl: Frederick Dennstedt from los angeles, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Oak Creek Canyon: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Kachina Village
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Kachina Village
About 4 of every 100 Kachina Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
98% of working residents leave Kachina Village for work
Where Kachina Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Kachina Village
CDP in Coconino County, Arizona
Kachina Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,622 at the 2010 census. Kachina Village is primarily a bedroom community for Flagstaff.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,775 ft
- Area code
- 928
Kachina Village’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Kachina Village.
| Town | AZ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kachina Village | #37 | B− | C | — | B | A+ |
| Mountainaire | — | — | C+ | — | B | A |
Mountainaire has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Kachina Village and Mountainaire report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kachina Village with a neighbor →
Questions about Kachina Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kachina Village, AZ a good place to live?
Kachina Village grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #37 of 139 in Arizona. It grades A+ for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Kachina Village, AZ expensive?
The typical home is worth about $414,000, 1% 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.