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A town of 11,930.
Verde Village is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 114th of 139 graded towns in Arizona, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 67% of U.S. towns. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $354K, 5.1 years of the Prescott Valley metro’s $70K median household income. Verde Village’s peak summer temperature is 101°F, near the Arizona town median (100°F) and above the median of U.S. towns (85°F). Coconino National Forest, at 64 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Verde Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Verde Village is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 10,610 in 2000, 12,019 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2005 and a map from 1973 on.
Explore the history →Verde Village is unincorporated, so Yavapai 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Verde Village.
Verde Village has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Cottonwood and beyond.
88% of Verde Village’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Verde Village sits above just over four fifths of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 35 claims locally since 1980.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District. Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. 3 public schools serve Verde Village, with 832 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Daniel Bright Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 585 | C |
| American Heritage Academy - CottonwoodLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 240 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AZ on state tests and graduation
Verde Village has 477 jobs for its 5,165 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The typical journey to work in Verde Village is 20 minutes. For most workers, Verde Village is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Verde Village dropped by 118, to 477. The top destinations are Cottonwood (20%), Phoenix (14%) and Sedona (13%).
| Verde Village | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 8.5% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 12% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 10,456 U.S. towns with household incomes like Verde Village’s, it is healthier than 84%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
29% of adults in Verde Village feel lonely; 74% had a checkup this year. This Arizona town beats the Arizona average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. In Verde Village, 28% of adults have obesity.
| Verde Village | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 12% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Verde Village | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.7% | 14.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.5% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Tuzigoot weather station records that about 128 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 100.5°, hotter than in 99% of U.S. towns; January nights average 30.1°.
About 1 inches of snow falls in a winter. Its January low comes in at 30°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Verde Village, the median age is 47.7 years. People 65 and older are just over a quarter of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (23% statewide). 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Arizona.
| Verde Village | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.7 years | 41.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 22% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.8 points. Across Arizona, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Verde Village | AZ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.2% | 11.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.8% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.7% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.9% | 10.8% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.5% | 10.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.5% | 23.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 31.2% | 23.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.4% | 9.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.3% | 20.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.1% | 13% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
3.4 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. Verde Village’s density of trails stands at 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Coconino National Forest | 1.1 mi | 64 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Verde Village typically sold within 76 days of listing. In Verde Village, the typical sale closed at 98.4% of the list price. 80% of Verde Village households own their home.
| Verde Village | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,173 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Verde Village. Close and well known come first.
11 mi National MonumentMontezuma Castle National Monument320K visitors a year
14 mi MountainCathedral Rock
13 mi National forestCoconino National Forest
4 mi National MonumentTuzigoot National Monument86K visitors a year
21 mi Canyon & gorgeOak Creek Canyon
40 mi National MonumentWalnut Canyon National Monument153K visitors a yearMontezuma Castle National Monument: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cathedral Rock: Terrydarc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coconino National Forest: Adam Baker from Houston / Moscow / Toulouse (travel a lot), CC BY 2.0 · Tuzigoot National Monument: The original uploader was Jhugg at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oak Creek Canyon: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Walnut Canyon National Monument: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Verde Village; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Verde Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
CDP in Yavapai County, Arizona
Verde Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 11,605 at the 2010 census. It is a retirement and bedroom community for Cottonwood.
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One town shares a border with Verde Village.
| Town | AZ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verde Village | #114 | C− | C | — | C | B+ |
| Cottonwood | #106 | C− | C | B− | C | B− |
Verde Village reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Verde Village with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Verde Village grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #114 of 139 in Arizona. It grades B+ for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
The typical home is worth about $354,000, 15% 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.
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