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28,896people live here $60,474median household income▼ 25% below US $1,141median rent per month▼ 19% below US $199,200median home value▼ 40% below US

Fortuna Foothills is an unincorporated community in Yuma County, AZ. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Fortuna Foothills

Fortuna Foothills is an unincorporated community in Arizona with rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Fortuna Foothills deals with county unemployment above the national average, household incomes below the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, and college degree attainment below the national average.

The good

Rent below the national average
Affordable home prices

The not so good

Above-average unemployment in the county
Below-average household incomes
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
Shrinking population
Extreme summer heat

How Fortuna Foothills compares

Median household income

Fortuna Foothills$60,474

Arizona avg$79,964

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Fortuna Foothills$1,141

Arizona avg$1,543

US$1,413

Median home value

Fortuna Foothills$199,200

Arizona avg$394,500

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Fortuna Foothills

Based on Fortuna Foothills's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$2,282

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $45,640 a year
44% of Fortuna Foothills renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$39,840

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $19,920
Homes cost 3.3× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▼ 19% below US

$1,141/mo median rent

Cost of living works in this city's favor. Median rent sits around $1,141 a month, nothing that raises eyebrows. Solid value overall. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $199,200. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $199,200 · 44% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

14.0% county unemployment

Unemployment in Yuma County is 14.0%, well above the national average of 4.3%. Moving with a job already lined up matters more here. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Yuma County (county-wide)

Safety

294 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Fortuna Foothills doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Yuma County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1050/100k · Policed by Yuma County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

24 min average commute

Commutes are reasonable, averaging 23.6 minutes. Nothing heroic, and there's still time left over for a life after work. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 6% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

81%

Carpool

7.6%

Work from home

6.3%

Walk

2.4%

Other

2.3%

Public transit

0.2%

Climate

Summers run seriously hot, with average highs pushing 105°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 48°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 54% below US

17% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

0 public schools inside the boundary

No public school is located inside the boundary; students attend schools in the surrounding district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (100 miles away).

Bottom line

Fortuna Foothills's strongest points are rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are county unemployment above the national average and household incomes below the national average. A year of median rent ($1,141/mo) equals 23% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit people watching their budget. It may be a harder fit for anyone moving without a job lined up, anyone who doesn't drive, and people who struggle with heat.

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