University Heights and University Highlands

University Heights is the established neighborhood in southwest Flagstaff, just south of I-40 and west of I-17, reached from Beulah Boulevard and University Heights Drive. It began in the 1960s when NAU needed faculty housing, which is why many streets carry the names of early professors. University Highlands was platted later on the higher ground above it, and University Terrace is a small two-street subdivision at the south end. Most people just call the whole thing "the Heights." It is inside the city limits.

The Heights is one of our favorite recommendations for buyers who want a real yard and a bike ride to campus.

The last twelve months of MLS data show 44 closings: 29 single-family, 1 townhome, 14 condos. Single-family homes sold between $539,340 and $1,100,000 with a median of $750,000, and the middle half landed between about $620,000 and $870,000. Split it out and the Heights median was $730,000 while the Highlands median was $832,500. The typical house was about 2,190 square feet, built in 1990. Condos near campus started at $256,000. Median days on market was 55.

The terrain shapes the housing. The lower streets are sloped, so you see multi-level and split-level homes from the 1970s and 1980s. The upper Highlands are flatter, with late-1980s to mid-1990s two-stories and single-levels, and many back onto undeveloped State Trust forest. The Sinclair Wash trail runs along the base of the neighborhood, University Highlands Park has a new playground, and Fort Tuthill County Park is just across I-17.