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Mountain View Ranches
Arizona›Coconino County

Mountain View RanchesAZ

A town of 1,984.

1 bordering townMap →
Walnut Canyon National Monument · Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo of Mountain View Ranches

Mountain View Ranches, AZ · Walnut Canyon National Monument · Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 3.0

Is Mountain View Ranches a good place to live?

The best of Mountain View Ranches’ subject grades is an A for health; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 9 of Arizona’s 207 towns do worse. 48% of the land in Mountain View Ranches is conserved, against 14% in Arizona’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Coconino National Forest, 1,498 acres with 5.6 miles of trail. Mountain View Ranches has 4 places on the National Register. Mountain View Ranches has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

What makes Mountain View Ranches stand out

Where Mountain View Ranches beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.

A commuter town

97% of working residents leave Mountain View Ranches for work

Where Mountain View Ranches’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

54% → Flagstaff Flagstaff 54% 7% → Phoenix Phoenix 7% 4% → Doney Park Doney Park 4% 2% → Tempe Tempe 2% 2% → Prescott Prescott 2% 2% → Scottsdale Scottsdale 2% Mountain View Ranches · 3% stay
241jobs based in Mountain View Ranches
3%of working residents work in town
10 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Mountain View Ranches grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Mountain View Ranches is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Mountain View Ranches: who provides what

Mountain View Ranches is unincorporated, so Coconino County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerAPS17.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterDoney Park WaterNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet3 providers74% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesCoconino CountyCoconino County provides services here
SchoolsFlagstaff Unified DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Arizona you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereCoconino County RecorderCoconino County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP code8600486004 100%Census 2020

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 Mountain View Ranches.

OutdoorsC+

Nearly a third of Mountain View Ranches is conserved land

Mountain View Ranches’ trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, where Arizona’s towns sit at 1.1 and U.S. towns at 0.4.

47.8%conserved
47.8%
conserved · 1,498 of 3,133 acres
5.6 mi
of trails · 1.1 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Coconino National Forest5.6 mi1,498

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

HealthA

A smaller share of adults in Mountain View Ranches have obesity than in the typical Arizona or U.S. town

22% of Mountain View Ranches adults have obesity. Mountain View Ranches beats the Arizona average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of Mountain View Ranches adults have high blood pressure.

94%healthier than U.S. townsAHealth Grade
Mountain View RanchesArizona townsU.S. towns
Obesity (CDC PLACES)22%32%35%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)73%75%79%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)30%36%35%
Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES)31%35%36%
32 measures vs. Arizona
14 better17 too close to call1 worse
What stands outMountain View RanchesAZ
Fewer uninsured adults7.6%13.2%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity9.2%15.8%
More adults who have had cancer9.8%8.8%
Flagstaff Medical Center
9.9 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D−

Mountain View Ranches faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 97% of U.S. communities.

97risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
97Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingWildfireAvalanches

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade B

Mountain View Ranches stands out in Arizona and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line

2.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Mountain View Ranches. Since 2013, Mountain View Ranches has added 160 jobs, to 241 in 2023. 2.5% of working residents work locally in Mountain View Ranches.

3%work in town
Mountain View RanchesArizona townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line2.1%12%9.6%
Working residents who work in town2.5%10%8%
Average trip to work23 minutes24 minutes25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Mountain View Ranches3%
Flagstaff54%
Phoenix7%
Doney Park4%
Tempe2%
10 mi
median commute distance
241
jobs based in Mountain View Ranches
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Mountain View Ranches

Mountain View Ranches has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Mountain View Ranches’ July high is 87°F.

52″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter19–47°
Spring31–65°
Summer50–85°
Fall34–67°
Oct 6
typical first frost
May 13
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

$320Kmedian sale price
1
homes sold in March

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Nearby attractions

Humphreys Peak and 11 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mountain View Ranches. Close and well known come first.

All 21 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Humphreys Peak: Bob Blasi; Coconino National Forest, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · Roden Crater: Unknown, Public domain · Walnut Canyon National Monument: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arizona Snowbowl: Frederick Dennstedt from los angeles, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cathedral Rock: Terrydarc, CC BY-SA 3.0

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mountain View Ranches

16pages on Mountain View Ranches
After high school

Colleges nearby

3 within 15 miles of the center of Mountain View Ranches

Mountain View Ranches’s neighbors

One town shares a border with Mountain View Ranches.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownAZ rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Mountain View Ranches——C—BA
Doney Park#49B−C—BA

Mountain View Ranches has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Mountain View Ranches and Doney Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mountain View Ranches with a neighbor →

Questions about Mountain View Ranches

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Mountain View Ranches, AZ expensive?

The typical home is worth about $519,000, 24% above 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.