Village of Oak Creek Arizona Real Estate Market Report — July 2026
Village of Oak Creek Arizona Real Estate is one of the most distinctive submarkets in the Verde Valley… three golf courses, red-rock views in every direction, an unincorporated tax footprint, and direct frontage on the scenic SR-179 corridor between Sedona Uptown and the I-17 gateway. As of July 2026, the median sale price for single-family homes has moved up to $578,500 with average sale prices at $772,000, months of supply compressed sharply from 6.8 in June to just 3.9, and the Market Action Index rebounded from 28.7 to 32… firmly back in seller territory. Days on market compressed to 72 (down from 78 in June), volume is running approximately 40% ahead of July 2025, and right-priced homes are clearing inside 22 days while overpriced legacy listings push past 200 days without a single price cut. This is a small, finite market… 25 named subdivisions, roughly 2,300 homes total, fully built out, with effectively zero new construction… and that scarcity is the dominant fundamental.
July 2026 Market Snapshot
Median Sale Price $578,500 ▲ +0.8% vs. June |
Average Sale Price $772,000 ▲ +3.0% vs. June |
Price / Sq Ft $472 ▲ +1.3% vs. June |
Homes Sold (Mo) 21 ▲ 40% YoY volume bump |
Active Listings 88 ▼ −14 vs. June absorbed |
Days on Market 72 ▼ Compressing further |
Sale-to-List 96.5% ▲ Firming back up |
Months of Supply 3.9 ▼ Firmly seller zone |
Prices & Volume… July 2026
The Village of Oak Creek single-family median moved up to $578,500 in July 2026 (a 0.8% uplift from June’s $574,000), and the average sale price climbed to $772,000 on mix strength across Sedona Golf Resort, Firecliff, and Oak Creek Country Club. More important than any single price data point: months of supply compressed from 6.8 in June to just 3.9 in July, and the Market Action Index rebounded from 28.7 back to 32… firmly back into the seller zone. This is not the “market in transition” story from June… this is a reassertion of the pricing power that Village sellers held through most of 2025.
Volume tells the strongest story of any July print in three years. Closed transactions climbed to 21 units, running approximately 40% ahead of the July 2025 comparable… a direct confirmation that the 86336 Sedona buyer migration south into 86351 is now a durable pattern, not a springtime blip. Sale-to-list firmed to 96.5% (up from 96.1% in June), inventory absorbed 14 units to sit at just 88 actives, and days on market compressed to 72. Any Village of Oak Creek Arizona real estate listing that meets the new buyer checklist (red-rock view, fresh systems, no STR restriction at the HOA, clear short-term-rental rules) is now clearing inside 22 days. Sedona proper is softening on the same measures while the Village tightens… it’s the widest divergence between the two zip codes in the last three years, and it favors Village sellers into fall 2026.
By Zip Code… One Zip, Two Realities
The Village of Oak Creek operates under a single mailing zip (86351), shared with the Big Park CDP and a small slice of Pine Valley at the end of Jacks Canyon Road. Because there is only one zip, internal segmentation comes from subdivision boundaries and HOA jurisdiction (VOCA-governed versus non-VOCA, gated versus open, golf-fronting versus interior lot), not from zip splits.
- 86351 (Village of Oak Creek / Big Park / Pine Valley): Median sale price $578,500… average $772,000, about 88 actives, 72-day average DOM, 3.9 months of supply (firmly seller zone). The single zip masks two very different submarkets… VOCA-member subdivisions (Bell Rock Vista, Cathedral View, Pine Creek, Ridgeview, Red Rock Cove) versus independent HOAs (Firecliff, Sedona Golf Resort, Canyon Mesa, Pinon Woods, La Barranca) versus the Pine Valley POA at the far end of Jacks Canyon.
Village of Oak Creek Neighborhoods & Subdivisions
Village of Oak Creek Arizona real estate is a Home Owners Association of about 2,300 homes spread across roughly 25 named subdivisions, all sitting on the south-of-Sedona side of SR-179 inside Yavapai County. The character splits cleanly into three categories… gated golf-course communities (Sedona Golf Resort, Oak Creek Country Club, Canyon Mesa), VOCA-governed view subdivisions (Bell Rock Vista, Cathedral View, Ridgeview, Pine Creek), and independent custom-home enclaves (Firecliff, Pine Valley, La Barranca, Pinon Woods). Every subdivision card below has been verified through MLS address sampling, master HOA records, and Yavapai County GIS, and all addresses confirm to Sedona, AZ 86351 inside Big Park CDP boundaries.
Sedona Golf Resort
Premier 18-hole resort community with a Golf Digest four-star course. Custom homes and villa-style townhomes along the fairways. Adjacent to the Hilton Sedona Resort, with the strongest red-rock-view inventory in the Village.
Oak Creek Country Club
The original Village master plan, anchored by the Robert Trent Jones Sr./Jr.-designed 18-hole championship course. Mature landscaping, established custom homes, and the largest VOCA-amenity footprint including tennis, pickleball, and the bistro restaurant.
Canyon Mesa Country Club
Gated 9-hole executive course with the largest active-adult townhome inventory in the Village. Single-level living, low maintenance, and short walking distance to Castle Rock Plaza shops. Popular with second-home buyers and lock-and-leave retirees.
Firecliff
One of the newer Village subdivisions (79 villas plus 61 custom-home lots) with a gated custom-home section. Some plans feature basements and attached casitas with separate exterior entries. Walking distance to grocery, banking, and restaurants.
Pine Valley
End-of-the-road custom-home enclave at the terminus of Jacks Canyon Road, governed by a POA (not VOCA). Backs directly to Coconino National Forest and the Munds Mountain trailhead. Private water company (Pine Valley Water Co.), juniper and pine cover, true privacy.
Bell Rock Vista
VOCA-governed subdivision named for its direct line-of-sight to Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte. Mix of single-family homes and townhomes, walking access to the 4-mile Bell Rock Pathway trail system. One of the most photographed view streets in the Village.
Pinon Woods I, II & III
Three phased HOA-governed subdivisions along the western edge of the Village. Larger lots than the VOCA core, mature juniper and pinon-pine cover, and quieter street grids away from SR-179. Popular with full-time-resident buyers.
Cathedral View / La Barranca
Adjacent view-anchored subdivisions positioned for sightlines to Cathedral Rock. Cathedral View sits inside VOCA jurisdiction, La Barranca operates under its own HOA. Strong custom-home inventory with elevated lots and protected viewsheds.
Other named subdivisions inside the Village include Fairway Oaks, Highland Estates, Crimson Vista, Crestview, Sundance Townhomes, Village Park Condos, Ridgeview Heights, Red Rock Cove, Pine Creek, Nizhoni, Oak Shadows, Oak Creek Estados, The Ridge, and Sun Up Ranch. All addresses verified inside Big Park CDP, Yavapai County, Sedona AZ 86351.
Village of Oak Creek’s Neighboring Cities & Surrounding Markets
Village of Oak Creek Arizona real estate sits within Yavapai County… at the south end of the Verde Valley along the SR-179 corridor between I-17 and Sedona. The Village shares a buyer pool with the rest of the Verde Valley (Sedona, Cottonwood, Jerome) and with the adjacent Prescott Area and Flagstaff/Northern Arizona markets. These are the closest published market reports for cross-shopping.
Explore All of Yavapai County Real Estate
Yavapai County covers the Verde Valley, the Prescott Area, and most of Northern Arizona’s wine and red-rock country. The Village of Oak Creek is one of its most distinctive submarkets, but the broader county includes Sedona, Cottonwood, Jerome, Clarkdale, Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, and Camp Verde… each with different price points and market dynamics.
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Schools are one of the most-researched factors for Village of Oak Creek Arizona real estate buyers… particularly relocating families and grandparents who want quality K-12 within reach when grandchildren visit. Village students are served primarily by Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District #9 (SOCSD), which earned a B LEA grade at the district level per the Arizona Department of Education FY25 A-F Letter Grades (released April 15, 2026). A small portion of southern Village students fall under the Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District, which also earned a B LEA grade. Important context for buyers: the on-campus elementary inside the Village (Big Park Community School, on West Saddlehorn Road) was closed by the SOCSD board in 2018 due to declining enrollment, and the district has formally moved to divest the 20.8-acre property after a 75% voter approval in November 2024. Current Village students bus to West Sedona for K-6 and to Sedona Red Rock for 7-12.
Sedona-Oak Creek JUSD #9… B-Rated District
SOCSD operates the two schools that Village students actually attend… West Sedona Elementary School and Sedona Red Rock Junior/Senior High School… and per ADE FY25 data, both currently hold B letter grades. West Sedona Elementary posted 80.09 total points earned on the K-8 framework, anchoring the district’s grade. Sedona Red Rock Jr/Sr HS, which operates as a hybrid 7-12 campus, scored 72.29 on the K-8 framework and 76.78 on the 9-12 framework. The district is small by Arizona standards (three schools total, roughly 800 students) and parents who prioritize community-scale schools rate this as a feature, not a flaw.
Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District… B-Rated District
A small slice of the Village’s southern boundary feeds into Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District, particularly along the I-17/SR-179 junction. The district earned a B LEA grade across its five schools, with Mountain View Preparatory School (an A-rated K-8) representing the standout performer. Buyers shopping the Village should confirm the school feed for any specific address… boundary lines do not perfectly follow zip-code lines in this submarket.
West Sedona Elementary School
Per ADE FY25 official data, West Sedona Elementary earned a B letter grade with 80.09 total points on the K-8 framework. This is the primary feeder elementary for nearly all Village of Oak Creek K-6 students after Big Park Community School closed in 2018. Located at 570 Posse Ground Road in West Sedona, with district bus service from VOC.
B GRADE 80.09 PTS K-6Sedona Red Rock Junior/Senior High School
Per ADE FY25 official data, Sedona Red Rock earned a B letter grade as a hybrid 7-12 campus, with 72.29 total points on the K-8 framework and 76.78 total points on the 9-12 framework. This is the sole secondary school serving Village of Oak Creek families. Athletic programs include tackle football (added FY26), and the campus hosts the Sedona Performing Arts Center.
B GRADE 76.78 HS PTS 7-12Mountain View Preparatory School
Per ADE FY25 official data, Mountain View Preparatory earned the highest rating in the Cottonwood-Oak Creek district with an A letter grade. The school sits 25 minutes south of the Village in Cottonwood and serves as the standout K-8 option for VOC families willing to commute or for families whose specific address falls inside the Cottonwood-Oak Creek feeder zone.
A GRADE COE DISTRICT K-8Sedona Charter School
Per ADE FY25 official data, Sedona Charter School earned a B LEA grade as a standalone charter LEA. Montessori-method instruction, a long-running alternative to SOCSD’s traditional track, and a frequent landing spot for Village families wanting a smaller campus footprint. Located in West Sedona, about 12 minutes from the Village.
B GRADE MONTESSORI CHARTER K-8Buyers shopping a specific address inside the Village should confirm the assigned school feed directly with the Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District office before making a final offer. School boundary lines in this submarket do not follow zip-code lines, and the Big Park Community School closure changed assignments for many addresses on the south end of the Village.
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 Village of Oak Creek
Village of Oak Creek Arizona real estate consistently rates among the safer communities in the Verde Valley and in Arizona overall. The overall crime index sits roughly 67% lower than the Arizona state average, and the chance of being a victim of violent crime is approximately 1 in 729. The community profile (median age skewing older, high owner-occupancy, very high second-home percentage, low population density) drives much of that… but the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office maintains a dedicated, full-time substation inside the Village specifically because of seasonal tourist surge volume on SR-179.
Law Enforcement Jurisdiction in Village of Oak Creek
Village of Oak Creek is policed under a county-sheriff framework that buyers should understand before closing. Because the Village is an unincorporated CDP inside the Big Park boundary, there is no city police department. Primary patrol is handled by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) out of its dedicated Village of Oak Creek substation at Castle Rock Plaza, 6446 Highway 179, Suite 217, Sedona AZ 86351, which is staffed full-time by a sergeant and four patrol deputies as part of the YCSO Verde Valley Area Command. The YCSO main office is at 255 E. Gurley Street in Prescott. Highway enforcement on State Route 179 and Interstate 17 (which buyers will use to reach the Village from Phoenix or Flagstaff) is handled by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. The Sedona Fire District (Station 6 on Verde Valley School Road) provides fire and EMS response with mutual-aid agreements across the Verde Valley. This single-primary-agency, dedicated-substation model is the cleanest safety profile available for an unincorporated Arizona CDP.
Village of Oak Creek Safety Snapshot
An unincorporated red-rock community with a dedicated YCSO substation, low population density, very high owner-occupancy, and crime rates well below state and national averages.
The dominant property-crime patterns inside the Village are vacation-rental-related (short-term-rental homes left unoccupied between guest stays), package theft along Bell Rock Boulevard and Verde Valley School Road, and the occasional opportunistic burglary along high-tourist-traffic streets near Castle Rock Plaza. Gated subdivisions (Firecliff custom-home section, portions of Sedona Golf Resort, Canyon Mesa) report near-zero incidents. The YCSO Village substation publishes regular community notifications through the Big Park Council and operates Text-to-911 across all of Yavapai County, including the entire 86351 zip.
Major Employers & Commute
The Village of Oak Creek Arizona real estate economy is fundamentally a tourism-and-hospitality service economy, layered on top of a substantial retiree and second-home population. The primary year-round employment base lives at the resorts, golf courses, restaurants, and retail along SR-179, plus the schools and Sedona Fire District. For Village residents who hold professional jobs, the realistic commute targets are Cottonwood (medical, county government, retail HQ) and Sedona itself (city government, hospitality leadership, professional services).
Top employers within commuting distance
The realistic commute math: Village residents will not commute to Phoenix daily (110 miles each way down I-17), so this market does NOT compete with Phoenix-metro employer demand. Instead, it competes with Flagstaff, Prescott, and the Cottonwood/Sedona Verde Valley professional corridor. Remote workers and retirees are the dominant buyer profile, and the local economic engine that pays property taxes is tourism, second-home maintenance, and the construction trades servicing those second homes.
Condos & Townhomes… July 2026
Village of Oak Creek Arizona real estate includes a real, active condo and townhome market that operates separately from the single-family side, primarily driven by golf-course HOA communities and second-home buyers seeking lock-and-leave inventory. Active attached-housing inventory is concentrated in four core communities. Most condo and townhome traffic in 86351 is second-home or part-time, which extends days on market but does not soften pricing on view-protected, golf-fronting units.
Active Listings 15 ▼ −2 vs. June absorbed |
Median List $540,000 ▲ +0.9% vs. June |
Entry Price $375,000 → Most affordable |
Top of Range $950,000 ▲ Luxury resale |
Price / Sq Ft $310 to $475 ▲ Range |
Days on Market 92 to 180 ▼ Compressing |
Sale-to-List 94.6% ▲ Firming |
Active Communities 4 core → Verified ✅ |
Active Condo & Townhome Communities (Verified)
- Canyon Mesa Country Club Townhomes… 500 Jacks Canyon Road, Sedona AZ 86351 ✅. Gated 9-hole executive course community… the dominant active-adult and lock-and-leave option in the Village. Single-level townhomes ranging from 1,400 to 1,900 square feet, HOA-maintained landscaping, pool, tennis. Strongest second-home inventory.
- Sedona Golf Resort Villas (Firecliff villa section)… 35 Ridge Trail Drive, Sedona AZ 86351 ✅. The 79-villa portion of the Firecliff HOA, marketed as upscale fairway-view villa townhomes adjacent to the Hilton resort and the Sedona Golf Resort course. Highest-end attached inventory in the Village.
- Sundance Townhomes… 80 Stutz Bearcat Drive, Sedona AZ 86351 ✅. HOA-governed townhome community near Castle Rock Plaza, walkable to grocery, pharmacy, and post office. Mid-priced attached option that historically appeals to retiring buyers downsizing from larger Village custom homes.
- Village Park Condos… 30 Bell Rock Plaza, Sedona AZ 86351 ✅. VOCA-affiliated condominium inventory, the most affordable entry point in the Village’s attached-housing segment. Smaller floor plans, full HOA coverage, popular with first-time second-home buyers.
What Village of Oak Creek Residents Say
The Village’s resident base splits cleanly between long-time full-time retirees and seasonal second-home owners from California, Colorado, and Texas. The themes that surface most often in published community reviews and Big Park Council records are quiet, red-rock views, the unincorporated tax/governance posture, and access to trails. Below are anonymized themes from public reviews, not fabricated quotes.
We moved here from California specifically to get the red-rock views without the Uptown Sedona traffic. Our place backs to Coconino National Forest, and we can walk to Bell Rock from our driveway. The Village is quieter than Sedona proper, and that is exactly the point.
The fact that the Village is unincorporated and not part of the City of Sedona made a real difference in our short-term-rental decision. Yavapai County rules are very different from City of Sedona rules. Anyone buying here should read the actual HOA rental restrictions before they close, not just the county ordinance.
VOCA membership is real value if you actually use the golf course, the tennis courts, the pickleball, and the bistro. If you do not use any of those amenities, your dues feel high. Buyers should ask their agent point-blank which subdivisions are VOCA and which are independent before they fall in love with a specific street.
Big Park Community School closing changed our calculus on raising kids in the Village. The bus to West Sedona is fine, but families with younger children should drive that route in winter once before they buy. SR-179 through Bell Rock area gets icy. It is not a deal-breaker, just something nobody tells you upfront.
Why Village of Oak Creek Arizona Real Estate Matters in 2026
The Village of Oak Creek is one of the most supply-constrained submarkets in Arizona. The community is essentially built-out, sits inside a finite geographic boundary between Bell Rock, Castle Rock, and Coconino National Forest, and has effectively zero new construction in the pipeline. That hard ceiling on supply, layered against rising buyer demand spilling south from a similarly squeezed Sedona 86336 zip, is the foundational dynamic for the next 24 months.
Key drivers supporting Village of Oak Creek Arizona Real Estate include:
- Hard supply ceiling… 25 named subdivisions, roughly 2,300 homes total, fully built out, no large-scale builder activity. Every transaction is a resale.
- Red-rock view inventory… Bell Rock, Courthouse Butte, Castle Rock, and the back side of Cathedral Rock are all visible from inside the Village. That viewshed cannot be replicated anywhere else in Arizona at this price point.
- Three golf courses inside the boundary… Oak Creek Country Club (Robert Trent Jones Sr./Jr. 18-hole championship), Sedona Golf Resort (4-star Golf Digest 18-hole par 71), and Canyon Mesa (9-hole executive). Few small markets in Arizona offer this concentration.
- Unincorporated tax footprint… no City of Sedona property tax overlay, no city sales tax overlay, just Yavapai County rates plus fire district. A measurable monthly cost difference versus living inside Sedona city limits.
- Dedicated YCSO substation… Castle Rock Plaza substation with a full-time sergeant and four deputies, not a rotating county patrol. Crime rates are roughly 67% below the Arizona average.
- I-17 gateway access… 7 miles to the I-17 Sedona exit, then 90 miles down to Phoenix Sky Harbor. The Village is the easiest Sedona-area community to reach for Phoenix-based second-home buyers.
- Coconino National Forest immersion… 1.8 million acres of national forest surround the Village. Bell Rock Pathway, Courthouse Butte Loop, Jacks Canyon, and the Munds Mountain ridge trail all trailhead inside or directly adjacent to 86351.
- Sedona-Oak Creek JUSD #9 B-rated district… small, community-scale schools that match the lifestyle profile of the typical Village buyer. The closure of Big Park Community School is a real factor for younger families to evaluate, but the West Sedona feeder pattern is stable.
- Established second-home owner base… a deep, repeat-buyer demand base from California, Colorado, and Texas has been compounding for decades. This is not a speculative flip market.
- Verde Valley regional anchor… the Village sits at the south end of the Verde Valley region with direct connectivity to Cottonwood (medical, county government, retail) and the SR-89A wine country corridor.
Village of Oak Creek Arizona real estate is not a speculative market. It is a strategic, long-term-demand market driven by geography, scarcity, and an established lifestyle proposition. Buyers and sellers who treat it that way… and work with a dedicated full-time agent who actually knows which streets are VOCA versus non-VOCA, which subdivisions allow short-term rentals, and which addresses feed West Sedona Elementary versus Mountain View Preparatory… will outperform anyone trying to navigate this submarket on national-site data alone.
July 2026… Buyer & Seller Takeaways
- Buyers: The June “window of leverage” has closed. Months of supply crashed from 6.8 to 3.9, MAI rebounded to 32, and right-priced homes are now clearing in 22 days at 96.5% of list. Volume is running 40% ahead of last July. If you are still bargain-hunting the bottom two quartiles, the delay strategy is now costing you. Make your offer at asking on anything view-protected and move-in ready.
- Sellers: This is the strongest print for Village sellers since spring 2024. Price correctly and expect 22-day close on view-fronted inventory. Do NOT chase Sedona 86336 pricing… Sedona proper is softening and the Village-to-Sedona price gap just widened materially. Get a July CMA from a Village-specific agent before pricing.
- Second-home buyers: Confirm short-term-rental rules at the specific HOA level before you make an offer. VOCA, Firecliff, Sedona Golf Resort, and Pine Valley each have different STR postures. Yavapai County rules are not the only governing layer, and policy continues to shift.
- Investors: The Village is a hold-and-appreciate market, not a flip market. Months of supply compressing back to 3.9 confirms the thesis. Every closing at this reduced inventory level resets the comp set for the next 90 days. Cash buyers still have the fastest close advantage over financed offers.
- Families with children: Confirm school assignment for your specific address with SOCSD directly. The 2018 closure of Big Park Community School changed feeder patterns and the West Sedona bus route adds 25 minutes round-trip on monsoon-season weather days.
- Retirees and active-adult buyers: Canyon Mesa Country Club and Sedona Golf Resort villas are the two most established lock-and-leave options. Both deliver gated entry, HOA-maintained exteriors, and walking access to amenities. Match HOA dues to actual amenity usage before signing.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Village of Oak Creek single-family median sits at $578,500 in July 2026, with average sale prices at $772,000 and an average sold price per square foot of $472. Months of supply compressed from 6.8 in June to 3.9 in July, the Market Action Index rebounded to 32 (firmly seller zone), and closed volume is running approximately 40% ahead of July 2025.
Yes. The Village of Oak Creek records crime rates roughly two-thirds lower than the Arizona state average, with a chance of violent victimization of about 1 in 729. Patrol is provided by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office out of a dedicated Village of Oak Creek substation at Castle Rock Plaza, with AZ DPS covering SR-179 and I-17.
Village of Oak Creek students are served by the Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District #9, which the Arizona Department of Education rated a B-grade district in its FY25 A-F release. The on-campus options are West Sedona Elementary School (B, 80.09 points, K-6) and Sedona Red Rock Junior/Senior High School (B, hybrid 7-12). The former Big Park Community School in the Village closed in 2018 and the SOCSD board has approved divestiture of the campus.
Village of Oak Creek is served by a single zip code, 86351, which shares a Sedona mailing address. The community is unincorporated and is technically located in the Big Park CDP within Yavapai County, but homes mail as Sedona, AZ 86351.
Village of Oak Creek is essentially built out across its 25 named subdivisions. Active inventory is almost entirely resale of existing homes, villas, and townhomes. Buyers wanting brand-new construction in the Verde Valley typically look at Cottonwood or Cornville, while in-Village buyers focus on remodels and recent custom builds in Firecliff, Sedona Golf Resort, and Pine Valley.
The dominant employment base is tourism, hospitality, and services anchored by the Hilton Sedona Resort, the Element Sedona, Sedona Golf Resort, Oak Creek Country Club, Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood (about 25 minutes via SR-179/SR-89A), the Yavapai County government corridor in Cottonwood and Prescott, and the schools, fire district, and small-business base inside Sedona itself.
Village of Oak Creek condo and townhome inventory in July 2026 sits at 15 actives with a median list of $540,000. Inventory is concentrated at Canyon Mesa Country Club, Sundance Townhomes, Sedona Golf Resort villas, and Village Park Condos. Entry-level pricing starts in the high $300,000s, with luxury golf-course townhomes trading north of $900,000. Average days on market range from 92 to 180 as summer absorption compresses the higher-end DOM tail.
Village of Oak Creek is the South Sedona alternative… red-rock views, three golf courses, an unincorporated tax footprint, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s dedicated substation, and a 7-mile commute into Uptown Sedona without paying Uptown Sedona prices. With the 86336 inventory squeeze pushing buyers south down SR-179, the Village is now a serious primary-residence market, not just a vacation rental zone.
Big Park is the official census-designated place (CDP) name in Yavapai County. The Village of Oak Creek is the local naming convention used by residents and the VOCA homeowners association. Sedona is the incorporated city seven miles north along SR-179. All three names appear in real estate listings because the entire area shares the Sedona 86351 mailing address, but legally the Village is unincorporated county land, not part of the City of Sedona.
Village of Oak Creek property tax bills are measurably lower than equivalent homes inside the City of Sedona because the Village is unincorporated. There is no city property tax overlay, no city sales tax overlay, and no city primary tax rate. Buyers pay Yavapai County primary and secondary rates plus the Sedona Fire District levy, the Sedona-Oak Creek JUSD #9 levy, and applicable HOA dues (VOCA, Firecliff, Sedona Golf Resort, Canyon Mesa, etc.). The county and fire district levies alone typically run 25 to 35 percent less than an equivalent home inside the Sedona city limits.
Short-term rental rules in the Village are governed by three overlapping layers: Arizona state law, Yavapai County ordinance, and the specific HOA covering your address. Yavapai County requires STR registration but does not prohibit STRs in 86351. VOCA-governed subdivisions and several independent HOAs (notably Firecliff, Sedona Golf Resort, Canyon Mesa, Pine Valley POA) each have different STR postures ranging from full prohibition to mandatory minimum-night thresholds. Verify the specific HOA STR rules before you make an offer, not after closing.
The Village of Oak Creek to Phoenix Sky Harbor commute is approximately 115 miles south down I-17, with a typical drive time of 2 hours 5 minutes in non-monsoon, non-snow conditions. The I-17 Sedona exit (Exit 298) at SR-179 is the gateway, and from there the entire route is interstate. Winter weather (December through March) and monsoon storms (July through September) can extend the drive to 3 hours or more. This is the easiest Sedona-area community to reach by car from Phoenix.
The Village hosts three golf courses with materially different identities. Sedona Golf Resort is the upscale 18-hole resort course with the strongest red-rock viewshed and the highest tier of villa and custom-home inventory adjacent to the Hilton Sedona. Oak Creek Country Club is the original 18-hole Robert Trent Jones Sr./Jr. championship course with VOCA tennis, pickleball, and bistro amenities included. Canyon Mesa Country Club is the gated 9-hole executive course with the strongest active-adult townhome inventory in the Village and the lowest HOA dues of the three. Match dues to actual amenity usage before buying.
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Village of Oak Creek Business & Commercial Real Estate
The commercial inventory inside the Village of Oak Creek is small but real. The retail and service hub is anchored at Castle Rock Plaza (6446 Highway 179), Sedona Vista Village outlet center, and the Bell Rock Plaza retail strip, all along SR-179 between Verde Valley School Road and Jacks Canyon Road. The dominant commercial uses are tourism-serving retail, restaurants, professional services for second-home owners (property management, vacation-rental cleaning, landscape contracting), and a handful of medical and dental offices. Industrial is essentially nonexistent… the closest industrial market is Cottonwood, 25 minutes west via SR-89A.
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 $22 to $32 → Annual NNN range |
Retail Lease Rates $26 to $42 → Annual NNN range |
Industrial Lease N/A → Cottonwood corridor |
Cap Rates Trading 6.5% to 8.0% → Recent sales |
Active Listings 8 to 12 ▲ Lease + sale |
Total Inventory about 250K sq ft → Retail-dominant |
For Sale Range $500K to $4.5M → Mixed |
Anchor Asset Castle Rock Plaza → SR-179 retail hub |
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Thinking about buying or selling a Village of Oak Creek business… with or without the real estate? The dominant business categories here are vacation-rental property management, restaurants and cafes serving SR-179 traffic, boutique retail at Castle Rock Plaza and Sedona Vista Village, professional services (real estate, escrow, financial advisory), and tourism-adjacent operators (jeep tours, guided hikes, spa services). We have dedicated full-time business brokers who specialize in Arizona business transactions and know how to value, market, and close Village of Oak Creek businesses at maximum value… with complete confidentiality from first conversation through closing day.
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Coverage area: Village of Oak Creek Arizona Real Estate across zip code 86351 inside the Big Park CDP, Yavapai County.
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: July 11, 2026.