Alpine, Arizona.
Typical home $421,702 (-0.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$386 (+21%) since Feb 2023.
- 1 year
- Down $902 -0%
- $422,604$421,702 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Alpine$2,213
- Arizona$2,187
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Alpine, AZ fell 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Alpine, Apache County, Arizona
Alpine, in Apache County, had 146 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Apache County was 8.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Apache County work in schools and health care, then government.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Alpine is a very small mountain community in Apache County, with far fewer people than most towns. Winters are cold, with January highs and lows that stay well below what most of the country sees, and a good deal of snow falls over the year. Summers are mild and the town gets a fair amount of rain and melted snow. Homes here are valued well above what the county's incomes would suggest.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by government, shops and the building trades. Across Apache County, some of the largest workplaces are Fort Defiance Indian Hospital, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority and Chinle Unified District. Unemployment across the county is a little higher than it was a year ago, though the county has added some jobs.
Things to do. Luna Lake and Hulsey Lake are both lakes a short drive away, handy for a quiet afternoon by the water. Farther out, the Apache–Sitgreaves National Forests are a protected area of woods and trails, a longer drive away. Sunrise Park Resort, also a longer drive away, is a ski area for the snowy months.
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What people in Apache County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Apache County had 16,853 jobs in 2025, 1.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 47°. About 45 inches of snow and 20 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Alpine weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Apache County
- Fort Defiance Indian HospitalGeneral hospital1,304FTE
- Chinle Comprehensive Care FacilityGeneral hospital1,276FTE
- Navajo Tribal Utility AuthorityDistribution of electric power923
- Indian Health ServiceFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services660
- Chinle Unified District (4158)School district499FTE
- Dine CollegeUniversity or college268
- Sage Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital253FTE
- Window Rock Unified District (4154)School district243FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,722 people in all across the county; Alpine has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- WildfireVery high
- LightningVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- LandslidesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Alpine’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Apache County.
Alpine home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Alpine$421,702
- Arizona$416,733
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Alpine listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Alpine20.73%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Alpine35
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Alpine6
Zip codes with a Alpine address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Alpine — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.