| City | Population | Rank | Population Density Rank | Cost of Living Rank | Crime Rank | High School Graduation Rank | Median Income Rank | Home Value Rank | Temperature Rank | Big Deal Score |
| Litchfield Park | 5,476 | 1 | 16 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 17.86 |
| Gilbert | 208,453 | 2 | 9 | 75 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 20.86 |
| Fountain Hills | 22,489 | 3 | 25 | 79 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| Oro Valley | 41,011 | 4 | 21 | 76 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 44 | 25.57 |
| Paradise Valley | 12,820 | 5 | 35 | 84 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 25.86 |
| Surprise | 117,517 | 6 | 24 | 68 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 26.14 |
| Carefree | 3,363 | 7 | 57 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 26.43 |
| Chandler | 236,123 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 49 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 26.57 |
| Scottsdale | 217,385 | 9 | 20 | 80 | 45 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 27.71 |
| Peoria | 154,065 | 10 | 34 | 65 | 46 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 28.14 |
| Mesa | 439,041 | 11 | 7 | 48 | 56 | 21 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 29 |
| Queen Creek | 26,361 | 12 | 32 | 78 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 29.57 |
| Sahuarita | 25,259 | 13 | 36 | 71 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 29.86 |
| Cave Creek | 5,015 | 14 | 78 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 30 |
| Lake Havasu City | 52,527 | 15 | 19 | 65 | 34 | 26 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 30.14 |
| Tempe | 161,719 | 16 | 3 | 62 | 75 | 11 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 30.57 |
| Goodyear | 65,275 | 17 | 59 | 71 | 39 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 32 |
| Glendale | 226,721 | 18 | 5 | 53 | 79 | 33 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 32.14 |
| Thatcher | 4,865 | 19 | 42 | 38 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 39 | 50 | 34.57 |
| Sedona | 10,031 | 20 | 48 | 81 | 18 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 57 | 35.14 |
| Phoenix | 1,445,632 | 21 | 10 | 55 | 66 | 50 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 35.29 |
| Wickenburg | 6,363 | 22 | 60 | 41 | 25 | 40 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 36.14 |
| Youngtown | 6,156 | 22 | 4 | 34 | 28 | 58 | 70 | 56 | 3 | 36.14 |
| Kearny | 1,950 | 24 | 43 | 30 | 16 | 38 | 33 | 66 | 28 | 36.29 |
| Tucson | 520,116 | 25 | 11 | 41 | 20 | 40 | 66 | 41 | 44 | 37.57 |
| Prescott Valley | 38,822 | 26 | 29 | 45 | 23 | 26 | 43 | 27 | 71 | 37.71 |
| El Mirage | 31,797 | 27 | 8 | 53 | 53 | 77 | 32 | 39 | 3 | 37.86 |
| Avondale | 76,238 | 28 | 15 | 62 | 70 | 62 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 38 |
| Mammoth | 1,426 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 41 | 80 | 44 | 38 |
| Marana | 34,961 | 30 | 64 | 71 | 59 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 39.43 |
| Clifton | 3,311 | 31 | 67 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 27 | 84 | 50 | 39.71 |
| Sierra Vista | 43,888 | 32 | 63 | 55 | 47 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 57 | 40 |
| Payson | 15,301 | 33 | 39 | 59 | 37 | 26 | 42 | 21 | 57 | 40.14 |
| Prescott | 39,843 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 54 | 11 | 39 | 11 | 71 | 40.29 |
| Maricopa | 43,482 | 35 | 33 | 59 | 27 | 80 | 14 | 34 | 38 | 40.71 |
| Colorado City | 4,821 | 36 | 50 | 23 | 8 | 62 | 58 | 42 | 44 | 41 |
| Flagstaff | 65,870 | 37 | 27 | 74 | 65 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 71 | 41.14 |
| Superior | 2,837 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 33 | 62 | 68 | 75 | 28 | 41.14 |
| Huachuca City | 1,853 | 39 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 32 | 59 | 65 | 57 | 41.86 |
| Guadalupe | 5,523 | 40 | 1 | 15 | 61 | 82 | 67 | 56 | 12 | 42 |
| Buckeye | 8,173 | 41 | 76 | 59 | 36 | 65 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 42.14 |
| Eagar | 4,885 | 41 | 53 | 38 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 51 | 71 | 42.14 |
| Somerton | 14,287 | 43 | 13 | 38 | 10 | 82 | 79 | 53 | 22 | 42.43 |
| Florence | 25,536 | 44 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 69 | 54 | 64 | 38 | 42.57 |
| Apache Junction | 35,840 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 55 | 45 | 60 | 67 | 28 | 42.57 |
| Page | 7,247 | 46 | 52 | 23 | 81 | 15 | 26 | 49 | 56 | 43.14 |
| Parker | 3,083 | 47 | 75 | 48 | 21 | 65 | 47 | 37 | 12 | 43.57 |
| Clarkdale | 4,097 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 38 | 26 | 50 | 26 | 57 | 44 |
| Chino Valley | 10,817 | 49 | 71 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 49 | 35 | 71 | 44.43 |
| Camp Verde | 10,873 | 50 | 66 | 34 | 19 | 45 | 56 | 36 | 57 | 44.71 |
| Yuma | 93,064 | 51 | 41 | 45 | 58 | 60 | 45 | 44 | 22 | 45 |
| Wellton | 2,882 | 52 | 82 | 10 | 1 | 71 | 48 | 82 | 22 | 45.14 |
| Pima | 2,387 | 53 | 55 | 23 | 40 | 55 | 38 | 63 | 50 | 46.29 |
| Kingman | 28,068 | 54 | 37 | 48 | 72 | 33 | 40 | 43 | 55 | 46.86 |
| Quartzsite | 3,677 | 55 | 81 | 1 | 26 | 65 | 73 | 71 | 12 | 47 |
| Bullhead City | 39,540 | 55 | 45 | 41 | 57 | 61 | 69 | 55 | 1 | 47 |
| Bisbee | 5,575 | 57 | 26 | 30 | 63 | 33 | 71 | 50 | 57 | 47.14 |
| Cottonwood | 11,265 | 58 | 44 | 18 | 62 | 50 | 62 | 38 | 57 | 47.29 |
| Safford | 9,566 | 59 | 23 | 29 | 60 | 45 | 65 | 60 | 50 | 47.43 |
| Dewey-Humboldt | 3,894 | 60 | 68 | 48 | 41 | 21 | 61 | 24 | 71 | 47.71 |
| Globe | 7,532 | 61 | 54 | 10 | 67 | 45 | 64 | 69 | 28 | 48.14 |
| Fredonia | 1,314 | 62 | 70 | 18 | 5 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 84 | 48.29 |
| Casa Grande | 48,571 | 63 | 51 | 34 | 74 | 58 | 37 | 47 | 38 | 48.43 |
| Miami | 1,837 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 68 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 28 | 48.71 |
| Snowflake | 5,590 | 65 | 73 | 48 | 44 | 33 | 21 | 46 | 80 | 49.29 |
| Tolleson | 6,545 | 65 | 22 | 30 | 83 | 76 | 72 | 59 | 3 | 49.29 |
| Gila Bend | 1,922 | 67 | 84 | 3 | 22 | 74 | 81 | 81 | 1 | 49.43 |
| St. Johns | 3,480 | 68 | 77 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 79 | 71 | 49.57 |
| Pinetop-Lakeside | 4,282 | 69 | 58 | 62 | 78 | 15 | 36 | 25 | 80 | 50.57 |
| Taylor | 4,112 | 70 | 79 | 68 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 48 | 80 | 50.71 |
| Winslow | 9,655 | 71 | 40 | 18 | 80 | 54 | 23 | 74 | 68 | 51 |
| Douglas | 17,378 | 72 | 14 | 15 | 48 | 74 | 80 | 70 | 57 | 51.14 |
| South Tucson | 5,652 | 73 | 2 | 8 | 84 | 80 | 84 | 72 | 44 | 53.43 |
| Nogales | 20,837 | 74 | 30 | 23 | 43 | 78 | 78 | 62 | 67 | 54.43 |
| Holbrook | 5,053 | 75 | 62 | 10 | 71 | 45 | 51 | 76 | 68 | 54.71 |
| Show Low | 10,660 | 76 | 65 | 41 | 69 | 33 | 55 | 45 | 80 | 55.43 |
| Willcox | 3,757 | 76 | 47 | 5 | 77 | 73 | 63 | 73 | 50 | 55.43 |
| Williams | 3,023 | 78 | 83 | 55 | 64 | 38 | 46 | 32 | 71 | 55.57 |
| Coolidge | 11,825 | 79 | 69 | 18 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 68 | 38 | 55.86 |
| Eloy | 16,631 | 80 | 74 | 8 | 50 | 79 | 76 | 78 | 38 | 57.57 |
| Springerville | 1,961 | 81 | 72 | 30 | 52 | 55 | 74 | 52 | 71 | 58 |
| San Luis | 25,505 | 82 | 38 | 45 | 76 | 84 | 82 | 61 | 22 | 58.29 |
| Benson | 5,105 | 83 | 80 | 10 | 51 | 50 | 75 | 77 | 68 | 58.71 |
| Tombstone | 1,380 | 84 | 61 | 23 | 82 | 50 | 83 | 58 | 57 | 59.14 |