Clarkdale Arizona Real Estate Market Report — May 2026
Clarkdale Arizona real estate enters May 2026 in a position most Verde Valley buyers are watching closely. The median single-family sale price sits near $498,000, up about 5.5% year over year, with price per square foot rising to roughly $275… a function of limited inventory in a town of only 7.3 square miles surrounded by national forest and tribal trust land. Days on market dropped from 145 a year ago to 102 today, signaling pricing has finally caught up to what buyers will pay. With Mingus Union High School District holding a B district grade per the official Arizona Department of Education FY25 release, organic growth at the Crossroads at Mingus custom-lot subdivision, and the Yavapai College campus anchoring the southwest end of town, Clarkdale offers a real master-planned alternative to Sedona pricing for buyers who want historic character without resort markup.
May 2026 Market Snapshot
Median Sale Price $498K ▲ 5.5% YoY |
Average Sale Price $522K ▲ 4.8% YoY |
Price / Sq Ft $275 ▲ 6.2% YoY |
Homes Sold (Mo) 8 ▲ vs. 7 last year |
Active Listings 52 ▲ Healthy supply |
Days on Market 102 → Below last year (145) |
Sale-to-List 96.2% → Stable |
Months of Supply 6.5 → Balanced to buyer-favorable |
Prices & Volume… May 2026
Eight closed single-family sales recorded in Clarkdale for the most recent monthly cut, modestly up from seven the prior year. The median sale price of $498,000 reflects normal Verde Valley spring activity, where listings priced realistically attract buyers from Phoenix, Tucson, and out-of-state retirement relocations. Recent sold comparables ranged from a 2-bed, 1-bath cottage at 451 Fiesta Street that closed at $240,000 to a 4-bed, 3-bath custom on Roberts Road that traded at $650,000, demonstrating the full price spectrum the town serves. Cash buyers represented a meaningful share of closings, common in any market with significant retirement demand.
Average sale price of $522,000 sits slightly above the median, which is typical when one or two larger custom homes anchor the upper end of a small-town sample. Sale-to-list ratio of about 96.2% tells the most honest story… homes priced correctly close near asking, and homes that linger eventually take cuts. Of the most recent closed comparables, the typical reduction off original list before closing landed in the 4 to 6% range. Pricing strategy matters far more in Clarkdale than in larger markets because the buyer pool is smaller and watches active listings carefully. Months of supply at 6.5 places the market in balanced-to-buyer-favorable territory, meaning buyers can negotiate but should not expect deep concessions on well-priced homes with view lots or historic district character.
By Zip Code
Clarkdale operates entirely under the 86324 zip code, which it shares with portions of unincorporated Yavapai County immediately outside town limits. That overlap is the single most important data point for buyers to understand. A 86324 address does not automatically mean the home is inside the Town of Clarkdale. Town limits are roughly 7.3 square miles of land, while the 86324 zip code covers a much larger geographic footprint that includes county pockets toward Cornville and the Cottonwood edge. Town limits matter because they determine police jurisdiction, town services, building permits, and which subdivision rules apply.
- 86324 (Clarkdale + adjacent county land): Median sale price $498,000… up about 5.5% year over year. Anchored by the historic Upper and Lower Clarkdale districts, the Yavapai College campus area, the Black Hills foothills, the Mingus Mountain base subdivisions (Crossroads at Mingus, Mountain Gate), the older Mingus Shadows and Pine Shadows neighborhoods, and the Lampliter Village 55+ community. Verify any specific address with the Yavapai County Assessor before assuming town limits.
Clarkdale Neighborhoods & Subdivisions
Clarkdale Arizona real estate organizes residentially in three layers. The historic 1912 town core (Upper Clarkdale and Lower Clarkdale) is the original master-planned grid with Spanish Colonial commercial buildings, the Clark Memorial Clubhouse, and bungalow-style homes that frequently trade in the $300,000 to $500,000 range depending on condition. Above and west of the core, mid-century and 1970s-1980s subdivisions like Mingus Shadows, Pine Shadows, and Mingus View Estates fill the slopes toward Mingus Mountain. The newer planned subdivisions… Crossroads at Mingus, Mountain Gate, and Highlands… sit at the higher elevations and command the strongest views and the upper end of pricing. Below are the verified active subdivisions where most resale activity happens.
Crossroads at Mingus
Custom-lot planned area at the base of Mingus Mountain off State Route 89A. Sweeping Verde Valley and Sedona red-rock views, two community parks, walking trail, and a featured energy-efficient builder program (C&B Construction). Most expensive subdivision in town and the only one with active organized new construction on individual lots.
Mountain Gate
Established master-planned subdivision on the south side of town with HOA-managed roof and exterior maintenance. Energy-efficient builds, owned solar common, Mingus Mountain and Jerome views from elevated lots. Often the choice for buyers wanting newer construction without going custom.
Mingus Shadows
1970s and 1980s detached single-family on larger lots toward the western foothills. No HOA in most sections, no lot-leased land, popular with buyers wanting flexibility for RV parking, ADUs, gardens, or workshop space. Elevated parcels deliver strong Mingus Mountain views.
Historic District (Upper & Lower Clarkdale)
Original 1912 master-planned town site, on the National Register of Historic Places. Mix of restored mining-era bungalows, Spanish Colonial commercial buildings, walking access to Clarkdale Park and Main Street. Strong appeal for buyers prioritizing history, walkability, and historic-district character.
Pine Shadows
Mid-density established neighborhood along the western edge with mature trees and quiet streets. Phase 2 added 234 new homes per the regional corridor planning documents. Lower price point than the custom subdivisions, popular with families and downsizing retirees.
Highlands
Newer 224-lot mixed-residential and neighborhood-commercial planned development off SR-89A and Scenic Drive on the western side of town. Includes three planned parks. One of the most active areas for newer detached construction in Clarkdale.
Mingus View Estates
Hillside lots with panoramic Verde Valley exposure on the older established northwest slope. Larger parcels common, no HOA in most pockets, buyers value the combination of view premium and lower density than the newer planned subdivisions deliver.
Other notable Clarkdale subdivisions and pockets include Black Hills I and II near the Yavapai College campus, Verde Palisades west of Broadway/Historic 89A, Bent River off Old Clarkdale Highway, Giant’s Grave on the bluff north of SR-89A, Mingus View Estates, Foothills Terrace, the Patio Park area in lower town, and individual home sites along Haskell Springs, Hawk Hollow, and Mescal Wash/Tavasci Road. All addresses verified within Clarkdale 86324 town limits or immediately adjacent county pockets… confirm town limits with the Yavapai County Assessor on any specific parcel.
Clarkdale’s Neighboring Cities & Surrounding Markets
Clarkdale sits within Yavapai County… a Yavapai County region buyers shopping Clarkdale Arizona real estate consistently shortlist alongside Sedona, Cottonwood, and the Prescott area. The Verde Valley’s combination of mid-elevation climate, red rock proximity, river access, and prices below Sedona makes it one of the most resilient secondary markets in northern Arizona. If Clarkdale is not the right fit, these neighboring markets often are.
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Yavapai County stretches from the Verde Valley through Prescott to the western desert, covering more than 8,000 square miles and 14 published city markets on this site. Clarkdale is one of seven verified Verde Valley markets we cover in depth.
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Per the Arizona Department of Education FY25 A-F Letter Grades (released April 15, 2026), the three school districts that serve Clarkdale all earned B grades at the district level. Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary District (LEA grade B) operates the K-8 Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary School inside town limits. A smaller eastern portion of Clarkdale falls in the Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (LEA grade B). All Clarkdale high-school-age students attend Mingus Union High School, part of the Mingus Union High School District (LEA grade B), located in Cottonwood about 4 miles east. Charter and hybrid options exist locally including American Heritage Academy in Cottonwood. Yavapai College’s Verde Valley Campus, including the Southwest Wine Center, sits inside Clarkdale town limits for post-secondary access.
Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary District… B-Rated District
Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary District operates a single school inside Clarkdale town limits and serves K-8 students from both Clarkdale and the historic mining town of Jerome. Per ADE FY25 official data, Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary School earned a B letter grade with 65.43 total points (out of 90 eligible). The school posts strong growth scores in the K-8 framework. Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District, which serves a smaller eastern slice of Clarkdale, also earned a B district grade and operates Mountain View Preparatory School (A grade, 90.71 points) as its highest-scoring K-8 in Cottonwood.
Mingus Union High School District… B-Rated District
All Clarkdale high-school students attend Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood (the only traditional high school in the district), about a 10-minute drive from central Clarkdale. Per ADE FY25 data, Mingus Union earned a B letter grade with 71.95 total 9-12 points and a perfect 10.00 graduation rate score. The hybrid scoring model reflects the school’s combined 9-12 and limited K-8 programming.
Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary School
The only K-8 school physically inside Clarkdale town limits, serving both Clarkdale and Jerome students at 1615 Main Street. Per ADE FY25 official data, Clarkdale-Jerome earned a B letter grade with 65.43 total points. K-8 growth scored 39.70 of 50 eligible points, indicating year-over-year academic progression for enrolled students.
ADE B Grade 65.43 Points K-8 ModelMingus Union High School
Per ADE FY25 official data, Mingus Union High School earned a B letter grade with 71.95 total 9-12 points (out of 100 eligible) and a perfect 10.00 graduation rate score. Serves all Clarkdale high school students at 1801 E Fir Street, Cottonwood, about 4 miles east of central Clarkdale.
ADE B Grade 71.95 Points 10.00 Grad RateMountain View Preparatory School
Per ADE FY25 data, Mountain View Preparatory earned an A letter grade with 90.71 total points (the highest score in the Cottonwood-Oak Creek district). Serves the eastern slice of Clarkdale that falls in the Cottonwood-Oak Creek attendance zone, plus students from Cottonwood proper.
ADE A Grade 90.71 Points K-8 ModelAmerican Heritage Academy
Cottonwood-based charter school open to Clarkdale-area families, K-12 hybrid model. Per ADE FY25 data, the school earned a B letter grade with 60.46 total points across the K-12 framework. Provides an alternative to traditional district enrollment without leaving the Verde Valley.
ADE B Grade 60.46 Points K-12 CharterSchool attendance zones inside Clarkdale are well-defined because the town has only one K-8 facility inside town limits. Verify your specific property’s attendance zone with the Clarkdale-Jerome ESD or Cottonwood-Oak Creek ESD offices, particularly for parcels in the eastern portion of the 86324 zip code.
Source note: All letter grades on this page reflect the official Arizona Department of Education FY25 A-F release (April 15, 2026), the most current state-issued data available. Third-party aggregators (Niche, GreatSchools, SchoolGrade) are secondary references only and do not override official ADE grades.
Safety & Crime in Clarkdale
Clarkdale is an incorporated Arizona town with its own dedicated police department, full municipal court, and council-manager government structure. That matters for safety because incorporated towns control their own patrol patterns, response times, and code enforcement rather than relying on the county sheriff. Clarkdale’s small footprint (7.3 square miles, about 6,200 residents) and its position bordered by Prescott National Forest, Coconino National Forest, and Yavapai-Apache Nation trust lands gives the department a contained jurisdiction with no major commuter through-traffic and limited urban-density crime drivers.
Law Enforcement Jurisdiction in Clarkdale
Clarkdale is a single-agency incorporated town. Primary patrol is handled by the Clarkdale Police Department, headquartered at 49 N. Ninth Street, Clarkdale, AZ 86324, with a non-emergency line at 928-639-2400. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office provides backup and serves the unincorporated county pockets that share the 86324 zip code outside Clarkdale town limits. The Arizona Department of Public Safety holds highway patrol authority on State Route 89A and Historic Route 89A through the Verde Valley. This clean single-agency structure is one reason Clarkdale’s response times stay short and case ownership stays clear, unlike CDPs and unincorporated communities where overlapping jurisdiction can slow response.
Clarkdale Safety Snapshot
Clarkdale’s total crime rate sits roughly 65% below the national average per 100,000 residents, with average daily incident counts about 3x lower than the Arizona statewide rate. Property crime is well below the national average, and the violent crime rate, while showing year-over-year fluctuation due to small-sample volatility, remains numerically low at fewer than a dozen total incidents annually in the typical year.
CrimeGrade rates Clarkdale’s overall safety at C+ (51st percentile) and AreaVibes shows the town safer than 79% of Arizona cities and 69% of US cities… a meaningful divergence between methodology, common in small-town data where a single quarter’s activity moves percentile rankings sharply. The historic district and southeast neighborhoods consistently report the lowest incident counts, while the older western edge near the Mingus Shadows pocket sees most of the town’s small property-crime volume. Buyers comparing Clarkdale to Phoenix-metro submarkets will find total crime exposure dramatically lower; buyers comparing it to surrounding rural Yavapai County will find it roughly in line with the regional average.
Major Employers & Commute
The Clarkdale Arizona real estate employment base is unusual for a town of 6,200 residents. The Salt River Materials Group cement plant (formerly Phoenix Cement) employs a sizeable industrial workforce on roughly 3,000 acres of Mingus Mountain foothills inside town limits, with continuous 24/7 operations. Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus brings staff, faculty, and student-services jobs plus the Small Business Development Center and the Southwest Wine Center program. Beyond those two anchors, most Clarkdale residents commute the 4 miles southeast to Cottonwood, where Verde Valley Medical Center, Cottonwood town government, and the State Route 89A retail corridor concentrate the region’s healthcare and retail employment.
Top employers within commuting distance
For longer-commute professionals, Sedona is about 19 miles north (35 minutes via SR-89A) for hospitality and tourism jobs; Prescott is roughly 50 miles southwest (about 75 minutes via SR-89A over Mingus Mountain) for county government, healthcare, and the Embry-Riddle aerospace economy; and Flagstaff is about 50 miles northeast (75 minutes via I-17) for Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Medical Center, and astronomy/research employment. The Verde Valley is also a growing remote-work destination because fiber is available in most Clarkdale neighborhoods and Phoenix Sky Harbor is about a 2-hour drive south for periodic travel.
New Construction… Crossroads at Mingus + Custom Lots
Clarkdale has no large national-builder tract development. New construction in town happens at the custom-lot level, primarily in two organized planned areas plus scattered individual lots elsewhere. Buyers expecting a Lennar or Pulte phase release will not find one here. Buyers wanting to control floor plan, builder, and lot orientation on a verified inside-town-limits parcel will find Clarkdale unusually well-suited because the inventory of buildable lots in Crossroads at Mingus and Mountain Gate is real and active.
- Crossroads at Mingus (Active custom lots + builds): 2070 Crossroads Boulevard, Clarkdale, AZ 86324 ✅ ✅. Planned-area custom-lot subdivision at the base of Mingus Mountain. Featured builder C&B Construction offers floor plans from about 1,000 to 4,000 square feet starting in the upper $200s for the smallest packages and ranging well above $1M for the largest custom builds on view lots. Energy-efficient design standards, two community parks, walking trail, and unobstructed Sedona red rock views.
Important disclosure: No community-wide CFD (community facilities district) currently applies to Clarkdale residential subdivisions. HOA dues vary by subdivision and tend to be modest (typically $50 to $250 monthly) compared to large Phoenix-metro master plans. Buyers committing to a custom build on a lot should always pull the recorded CC&Rs, confirm utility lateral and water availability with the Town of Clarkdale, and verify any setback or view-preservation restrictions before pulling architectural plans. The Town of Clarkdale Planning Department reviews most custom builds.
Read the full Arizona New Construction Buyer Guide before you visit any model home.
Condos & Townhomes… May 2026
Clarkdale is not a traditional condo market. Attached housing and 55+ inventory exists in two real but limited categories: the Lampliter Village 55+ manufactured-home community on West State Route 89A, and the patio-home and town-home lots scattered within Crossroads at Mingus. Buyers wanting a true vertical condo product will not find one in Clarkdale and should look at the broader Cottonwood and Sedona markets. Buyers wanting low-maintenance attached or 55+ living inside Clarkdale town limits can absolutely find it… just in smaller volume than a Phoenix-metro market would offer.
Active Listings 8 to 12 ▲ Verified |
Median List $165K → Stable |
Entry Price $115K → Most affordable |
Top of Range $295K ▲ Luxury resale |
Price / Sq Ft $140-$220 ▲ Range |
Days on Market 65 → Range |
Sale-to-List 95% → Healthy |
Active Communities 2 to 3 → Verified ✅ |
Active Condo & Townhome Communities (Verified)
- Lampliter Village (55+)… 1077 W State Route 89A, Clarkdale, AZ 86324 ✅ ✅. Established 55+ manufactured-home community at the western edge of town on SR-89A. Typical units 2-bed/2-bath, roughly 1,150 to 1,250 square feet, with entry pricing between $115,000 and $200,000 depending on year and condition. Most affordable inside-town-limits option for retirees who want Clarkdale residency without the cost of a detached home.
What Clarkdale Residents Say
Public Niche resident reviews and local feedback on Clarkdale Arizona real estate cluster around three consistent themes: the small-town historic character that residents call “the Mayberry of Arizona,” the natural setting between national forests and the Verde River, and the active community calendar anchored by Clarkdale Park and the Clark Memorial Clubhouse. These are anonymized themes drawn from published reviews, not fabricated quotes.
“We have lived here for one year and we simply can’t love this place enough. The Mayberry of Arizona is surrounded by the nicest people you would ever meet and three sides of national forest. Great community spirit is deep rooted along with a great sense of history.”
“We love living in Clarkdale. This small community has a lot to offer. We have met so many wonderful and generous people and feel like we have really gotten to know our neighbors. Clarkdale has a long history as the first master-planned community in Arizona and we look forward to the planning happening now to ensure a prosperous future for this gem of a town.”
“The police are very visible and very responsive. Very safe… there are no safety concerns. Walking the historic district at night feels exactly like the small town it actually is.”
“Free concerts in Clarkdale Park during summer, the Made in Clarkdale art show every December, walking access to Main Street and the Clubhouse… this is what a small town is supposed to feel like, and almost nowhere else still has it.”
Why Clarkdale Arizona Real Estate Matters in 2026
Clarkdale Arizona real estate in 2026 sits at an unusual intersection: an incorporated 1912 master-planned town with its own police, school district, and historic core, anchored by a major industrial employer and a community college campus, priced 30 to 50% below Sedona for comparable square footage, with a small enough total inventory that supply pressure protects long-term value. That is not a speculative bet. That is structural scarcity in a region tourism keeps discovering.
Key drivers supporting Clarkdale Arizona Real Estate include:
- First master-planned community in Arizona… Clarkdale was designed and built from a unified master plan in 1912, predating every other modern planned community in the state. The historic district is on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Pricing below Sedona… Comparable square footage in Clarkdale trades 30 to 50% below Sedona at the median, on a $275 vs $475+ price-per-sq-ft basis. Same Verde Valley climate, same red rock proximity, lower entry point.
- Three sides of national forest… Prescott National Forest borders the west and southwest, Coconino National Forest the east, and Sycamore Canyon Wilderness the north. Town footprint cannot expand outward… structural scarcity is built into the geography.
- Major industrial anchor… Salt River Materials Group (Phoenix Cement) operates a 3,000-acre plant inside town limits on a 24/7 schedule, providing decades of stable employment and a substantial tax base for a town this size.
- Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus… Community college presence including the Southwest Wine Center program brings staff, faculty, students, and the Small Business Development Center inside Clarkdale.
- Verde Canyon Railroad… Year-round scenic rail tourism operation drawing visitors from Phoenix and out of state. Locals call it the most-photographed business in town.
- Tuzigoot National Monument + state park access… Tuzigoot, Tavasci Marsh, Dead Horse Ranch State Park, and the Verde River paddling corridor all within minutes of any Clarkdale address.
- Single-agency law enforcement… Incorporated town with its own police department, no jurisdictional overlap with county sheriff inside town limits, fast response times across a small geographic footprint.
- Master-planned heritage… Founded 1912 as the first master-planned town in Arizona. Historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Buyer demand for historic-district character is structural, not cyclical.
- Low new-supply pressure… No national-builder tract phases in development. Growth happens one custom build at a time. Inventory expansion is naturally constrained, which protects existing owner equity.
For buyers, Clarkdale is the Verde Valley’s most credible value play against Sedona pricing. For sellers, the small total inventory means the right listing strategy reaches every active buyer in the region within days. Either way, the local agent who actually knows which homes are inside town limits versus adjacent county land is the difference between a fast clean transaction and a six-month surprise.
May 2026… Buyer & Seller Takeaways
- Buyers: Verify town-limits status on every 86324 address before pricing. Sale-to-list at 96.2% means well-priced homes close near asking, but inventory at 6.5 months supply gives you real negotiation leverage on homes sitting past 90 days. Spring closings here often beat fall closings on price.
- Sellers: Price for the actual comp window, not the 2022 peak. Pricing 3 to 5% over comps adds 60 to 90 days on market in Clarkdale. View lots, historic district character, and verified inside-town-limits status all command real premiums when marketed correctly.
- Builders: Crossroads at Mingus is the only organized new-build subdivision with active inventory. Custom builders willing to work on individual scattered lots have the rest of Clarkdale to themselves.
- Retirees and 55+: Lampliter Village is the most affordable inside-town entry at $115K to $200K. Detached small homes in the historic core are the next step up between $300K and $500K.
- Investors: Long-term rental inventory is thin; vacation rental rules vary by parcel and HOA. Verify zoning and any short-term-rental ordinance with the Town of Clarkdale before underwriting.
- Sellers in adjacent county: 86324 addresses outside town limits price separately from inside-town comps. Lead with the parcel’s actual jurisdiction in your marketing to avoid buyer-side confusion at offer time.
Frequently Asked Questions
The median single-family sale price in Clarkdale (86324) for May 2026 is approximately $498,000, up about 5.5% year over year. Price per square foot is around $275.
Clarkdale is an incorporated town of about 6,200 residents policed by the Clarkdale Police Department, headquartered at 49 N. Ninth Street. The town reports a total crime rate roughly 65% below the national average per 100,000 residents, and AreaVibes ranks it safer than 79% of Arizona cities.
Most Clarkdale students attend Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary School (K-8) in the Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary District. A small portion of town falls in the Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District. All Clarkdale high schoolers attend Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood. Per the Arizona Department of Education FY25 A-F Letter Grades (April 15, 2026), Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary District, Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District, and Mingus Union High School District all earned B grades at the district level.
Clarkdale uses a single zip code, 86324, which it shares with portions of unincorporated Yavapai County. When verifying a home is inside Clarkdale town limits versus county land, the parcel number and Yavapai County GIS are the definitive sources.
Clarkdale has no large national-builder tract construction. The most active organized new-build community is Crossroads at Mingus, a custom-lot planned area near the base of Mingus Mountain where local builders construct homes on individually owned lots. Mountain Gate also has occasional new builds. For most of Clarkdale, growth is one home at a time on individual lots rather than 100-home phases.
Salt River Materials Group (Phoenix Cement Plant) is the largest employer physically in Clarkdale. Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus is also in town. The broader Verde Valley employment base sits in adjacent Cottonwood (Verde Valley Medical Center, Cottonwood retail corridor, town government) about 4 miles away. Sedona is about 19 miles, Prescott about 50 miles, and Flagstaff about 50 miles. Most Clarkdale residents work within a 15-mile radius.
Attached and 55+ housing inventory in Clarkdale is limited but real. Lampliter Village is the primary 55+ manufactured-home community in town with entry pricing typically between $115,000 and $200,000. A handful of townhome and patio-home lots exist within Crossroads at Mingus. Most resale inventory in Clarkdale is detached single-family.
Clarkdale is the original master-planned town in Arizona (founded 1912) and is its own incorporated municipality with its own police, town government, and historic district. Cottonwood is the larger commercial and medical hub immediately southeast. Sedona is the resort and red-rock tourism economy about 19 miles north. Clarkdale offers small-town residential feel, lower price points than Sedona, and walkable historic downtown character that the larger neighbors do not have.
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Clarkdale Business & Commercial Real Estate
Clarkdale Arizona real estate on the commercial side is small, focused, and very location-driven. The historic downtown core along Main Street holds a tight cluster of retail, restaurant, and gallery space anchored by the Clark Memorial Clubhouse and the Arizona Copper Art Museum. The State Route 89A corridor at the south edge of town carries the higher-volume commercial pads. Industrial-zoned land near the Salt River Materials Group plant is essentially fully utilized by the cement operation itself. For tenant searches and investment underwriting, the practical search radius extends 4 miles southeast into Cottonwood where the SR-89A retail and medical corridor concentrates regional volume.
For commercial transactions and business sales, you need specialists… not residential agents handling commercial deals on the side. Here’s what’s actually moving in this market right now:
Office Lease Rates $14-$22/SF → Annual NNN range |
Retail Lease Rates $18-$30/SF → Annual NNN range |
Industrial Lease $8-$14/SF → Limited supply |
Cap Rates Trading 7.0%-8.5% → Recent sales |
Active Listings 5-10 ▲ Lease + sale |
Total Inventory About 180K SF → Across types |
For Sale Range $250K-$1.5M → Mixed |
Anchor Asset SR-89A → Retail corridor |
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Coverage area: Clarkdale Arizona Real Estate across all Clarkdale 86324 single-family, attached, 55+, custom-build, and commercial real estate within the Town of Clarkdale municipal boundary and immediately adjacent 86324 county pockets.
Data sources: Monthly closed-sale and active-listing data is compiled from local sales records and verified across multiple area data sources before publication. Public records, builder sales centers, and city planning documents are used for new construction figures and address verification. School ratings are drawn from Arizona Department of Education state report cards, Niche, GreatSchools, and SchoolGrade. Crime data comes from CrimeGrade, AreaVibes, and FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
Update cadence: This report is rebuilt the moment new market data is released each month, typically between the 7th and the 10th. Reported figures reflect the most recent complete monthly cut available at publication. Figures presented as ranges reflect normal mid-month variation across data sources, so you always see realistic numbers… not cherry-picked ones.
Author: Compiled by Arizona Homes and Condos Realty. We intentionally do not list properties on this site… Arizona’s market changes too fast for static listing pages to remain accurate.
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Last updated: May 10, 2026.