Show Low, Arizona.
Typical home $437,091 (+0.9% in a year), asking rent $1,962 . Show Low, AZ metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,350 (+143%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,996 +1%
- $433,095$437,091 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $67,225 +18%
- $369,866$437,091 since Sep 2021
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.
- Show Low$2,294
- Arizona$2,187
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Show Low, AZ rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona
Show Low is a city of 11,732 people in Navajo County. Half its households earn more than $60,368 a year and half less, against $54,606 across Navajo County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Navajo County was 7.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Show Low is a small city in Navajo County where residents are older than in much of the country, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run above the county's, though home values are high and a share of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cold and snowy, with December highs well under the freezing-to-mild range of lower Arizona towns, while July is warm without being extreme.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in restaurants and hotels, or in professional and business services. Some of the largest workplaces in Show Low are Walmart, the Show Low Unified District and Safeway. Commutes are fairly short, and few people work from home. Unemployment across Navajo County has risen over the past year, and the county has fewer jobs than it did a year earlier.
Things to do. Lakes are the draw here. Fool Hollow Lake is in or beside town, while Show Low Lake and Rainbow Lake are each a short drive away. Scott Reservoir is also a short drive away, and it suits anyone who likes to spend time near the water.
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- 5,100households
- 35%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Navajo County had 27,910 jobs in 2025, 2.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 46° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 59°. About 19 inches of snow and 16 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Show Low Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Show Low
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters448
- Show Low Unified District (4393)School district275FTE
- SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores178
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter155
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services74
- AmazonCouriers and express delivery services52
- Show Low StoreUsed merchandise retailer47
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs37
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 15 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,208 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- LightningVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- WildfireRelatively 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 Show Low’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Navajo County and the Show Low, AZ metro.
Show Low home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Show Low$437,091
- Arizona$416,733
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Show Low listings, and the typical home goes pending in 76 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- Show Low29.08%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Show Low76
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Show Low316
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Show Low47
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Show Low$462,249
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Show Low97.14%
Zip codes with a Show Low address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Show Low — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.