What salary do you need to live in Flagstaff, AZ?

The cost side of living in Flagstaff

A one-bedroom in Flagstaff rents for a median of $1,421 a month, utilities the tenant pays included; a two-bedroom goes for $1,512 and a three-bedroom for $1,788. Over a full year, the two-bedroom median comes to $18,144.

The median value of owner-occupied homes in the metro is $448,000. Local median household income is $72,966, so the median home is 6.1× a typical income — high enough that ownership weighs heavily in the score unless income is well above the median.

Prices overall are close to average. BEA's Regional Price Parity for the metro is 100.3 against a US baseline of 100, so $100,000 here buys roughly $99,676 worth of the national basket.

The salary lines for a two-bedroom in Flagstaff

For two bedrooms, $230,000 is where Flagstaff turns Comfortable. Below that, $114,000 marks the start of Okay and $57,000 the start of Tight; under $57,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 8% of gross pay.

The Royal grade is within reach at $667,000 a year, where both rent and the median home price look small next to income.

Nothing here is a separate rule of thumb; plug any of these incomes into the calculator with two bedrooms and Flagstaff shows the matching grade.

What different incomes look like in Flagstaff

At $75,000 home size barely changes the picture: one, two and three bedrooms all grade Tight, with scores from 30 to 34.

None of the four salaries reaches Comfortable for two bedrooms; even $150,000 scores 53, Okay, which fits the $230,000 line above.

How Flagstaff ranks among 387 metros

On price level Flagstaff is 82nd of 387 (1 = most expensive); on two-bedroom rent it is 69th, and on median home value 50th. The two rankings agree, both falling in the top quarter.

Next to Flagstaff on the national rent ranking: Jacksonville, FL ($1,515) and Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL ($1,499).

Flagstaff next to Arizona and similar metros

Statewide, Arizona's median two-bedroom rent is $1,541 and its median home value $394,500. Flagstaff's rent is −2% against that, and its home value +14%; the price parity is 100.3 versus 100.7 for the state.

Scored the same way, the statewide figures turn Comfortable at $221,000, so Flagstaff needs $9,000 more than Arizona overall.

Looking for somewhere comparable without leaving Arizona? Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, and Tucson, AZ have the closest mix of rent and overall prices.

Where the typical Flagstaff household lands

A household at the Flagstaff median income of $72,966 would see a two-bedroom score of 32 — Tight — with rent at 25% of income. Reaching Comfortable would take $157,034 more than the median household earns. For Arizona as a whole, the median household income of $79,964 scores 36 against statewide rents. Keep in mind a household median often combines two incomes.

These are pre-tax estimates from public statistics, not financial advice.