WoodruffAZ
A town of 8, settled in 1876.
Is Woodruff a good place to live?
No town among the 141 in Arizona we compare has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Woodruff. 34% of the land in Woodruff is conserved, above both the Arizona town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Agate House Pueblo and Woodruff Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Woodruff has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
8 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Woodruff.
Protected land: nearly a third of Woodruff
5.7 miles of trail. Woodruff’s density of trails is put at 1.0 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Woodruff: mild winters and hot summers
A July afternoon gets to about 93° and a January night to 21°, and about 4 inches of snow fall in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Woodruff is
13% of Woodruff adults binge drink. The town beats the Arizona average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. Two figures for adults in the town: 73% had a checkup this year, 41% have high blood pressure.
| Woodruff | Typical Arizona town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 75% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| What stands out | Woodruff | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.5% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Woodruff has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Woodruff, 85% come from inland flooding and 7% from lightning. On expected storm and flood damage, Woodruff sits above 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Woodruff
Petrified Forest National Park and 1 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodruff. Close and well known come first.
5 mi National ParkPetrified Forest National Park316K visitors a year
24 mi AttractionPainted Desert InnPhoto credits
Petrified Forest National Park: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Painted Desert Inn: TheCatalyst31, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Woodruff: who provides what
Woodruff is unincorporated, so Navajo 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
1 within 15 miles of the center of Woodruff
About 0 of every 100 Woodruff residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
About Woodruff
Unincorporated community in the state of Arizona, United States
Woodruff is an unincorporated community in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Woodruff is 10.5 miles (16.9 km) southeast of Holbrook. Woodruff has a post office with ZIP code 85942. Woodruff was settled in 1876 by a group of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by Nathan Tenney and including Tenney's son Ammon M. Tenney. It was initially called Tenney's Settlement. In 1878 Lorenzo H. Hatch became the head of the LDS branch there. At that point it was named Woodruff after Wilford Woodruff.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 5.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,144 ft
- ZIP code
- 85942
- Area code
- 928
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