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Sedona is located at 145 km north of Phoenix.
The town has become a magnet for New Age enthusiasts and psychic
healers. The town itself has been more or less transformed by
the advance tourism business and is filled with upscale art
galleries, Southwestern souvenir and craft emporiums and crystal
shops. The town's shopping showplace is Tlaquepaque (TLA-kay-PAH-kay),
an adobe-style complex of shops and galleries. There is also a
large number of resorts and bed-and-breakfasts catering to the
influx of visitors. One of the best known is Cathedral Rock at
Red Rock Crossing, star of countless Sedona postcards and the
backdrop for many Western movies.
If you don't have much time to spend exploring, a cruise along
US-89A enables you to see most of the sights, albeit from a
distance; the best parts are south along Hwy-179 within Coconino
National Forest. The closest vortex to town is on Airport Mesa ;
turn left up Airport Road from US-89A as you head south, about a
mile past the downtown junction known as the "Y" . The vortex is
at the junction of the second and third peaks, just after the
cattle grid.
Population (year 2000): 10,192. Estimated
population in July 2005: 11,220 (+10.1% change)
Males: 4,775 (46.9%), Females: 5,417 (53.1%)
Coconino County
Zip codes:
86336,
86351.
Median resident age: 50.5 years
Median household income: $44,042 (year 2000)
Median house value: $253,700 (year 2000)
Races in Sedona:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.0%)
- Hispanic (8.9%)
- Other race (4.3%)
- Two or more races (1.6%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (21.9%), English (18.1%),
Irish (10.7%), French (5.7%), Italian (4.7%), United States
(4.4%).
Elevation: 4343 feet
Land area: 18.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sedona
- High school or higher: 90.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 39.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 16.6%
- Unemployed: 4.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sedona city
- Never married: 17.6%
- Now married: 58.0%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 9.4%
- Divorced: 14.1%
11.3% Foreign born (5.3% Latin America, 3.5%
Europe, 1.3% North America).
Population change in the 1990s: +2,348 (+29.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sedona:
- VERDE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 18 miles;
COTTONWOOD, AZ)
- FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER (about 30 miles; FLAGSTAFF,
AZ)
- GUIDANCE CENTER,THE (about 36 miles; FLAGSTAFF, AZ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sedona:
- FLAGSTAFF PULLIAM (about 21 miles; FLAGSTAFF, AZ;
ID: FLG)
- ERNEST A. LOVE FIELD (about 46 miles; PRESCOTT, AZ;
ID: PRC)
- GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK (about 79 miles; GRAND
CANYON, AZ; ID: GCN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sedona:
- SEDONA (about 2 miles; SEDONA, AZ; ID: SEZ)
- COTTONWOOD (about 20 miles; COTTONWOOD, AZ; ID: P52)
- H.A. CLARK MEMORIAL FIELD (about 41 miles; WILLIAMS,
AZ; ID: P32)
Amtrak station:
SEDONA (B.W. ARROYO ROBLE HOTEL, 400 N. HWY 89A) - Bus
Station
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sedona:
- YAVAPAI COLLEGE (about 50 miles; PRESCOTT, AZ;
Full-time enrollment: 3,415)
- NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles;
FLAGSTAFF, AZ; FT enrollment: 15,758)
- PARADISE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 87 miles;
PHOENIX, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,410)
- ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-WEST (about 90 miles;
Glendale, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,334)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 92 miles;
PHOENIX, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,165)
- GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 93 miles;
GLENDALE, AZ; FT enrollment: 9,981)
- SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 95 miles;
SCOTTSDALE, AZ; FT enrollment: 5,345)
Public high schools in Sedona:
- SEDONA RED ROCK HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 449;
Location: 995 UPPER RED ROCK LOOP RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- JUNIPER CANYON ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL
(Students: 7; Location: 995 UPPER RED ROCK LOOP RD;
Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Sedona:
- THE VERDE VALLEY SCHOOL (Students: 90;
Location: 3511 VERDE VALLEY SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: 9 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Sedona:
- WEST SEDONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 508;
Location: 570 POSSE GROUND RD; Grades: KG - 08)
- BIG PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (Students: 392;
Location: 25 W SADDLEHORN DR; Grades: KG - 08)
- SEDONA CHARTER SCHOOL (Students: 180;
Location: 165 KACHINA DRIVE; Grades: KG - 08)
- TERRA ROSA CHARTER SCHOOL (Students: 136;
Location: 45 BIRCH BLVD.; Grades: KG - 07)
- WEST SEDONA MONTESSORI CLASS CHARTER
(Students: 48; Location: 570 POSSE GROUND RD; Grades: KG
- 06)
- SEDONA INTEGRATED PRESCHOOL (Students: 4;
Location: 221 BREWER ROAD; Grades: UG - UG)
- TERRA ROSA CHARTER SCHOOL (Location: 1595 W.
HIGHWAY 89A; Grades: KG - 06)
Private primary/middle schools in Sedona:
- SEDONA MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 48;
Location: 90 DEER TRAIL DR; Grades: PK - KG)
- SEDONA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 47;
Location: 580 BREWER RD; Grades: PK - 8)
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