Best Places86030, AZ Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 86030, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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86030 ranks 32,541st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 86030

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 86030 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

86030's strengths and weaknesses

Top 1%Low disaster risk
Top 1%Clean air
Top 3%Quiet
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 86030 with other zip codes.

Where 86030 ranks high

  • Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of zip codes

Where 86030 ranks low

  • Local economyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 86030

A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 86030 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $24,019, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$22,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$502
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $86,763 home

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$442
Property tax$31
Homeowners insurance$29

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 86030's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.


Who lives in 86030

86030 runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.

Median age
37
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
20%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.7
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1826%
18 to 3421%
35 to 4917%
50 to 6416%
65 and older20%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 86030.


Who works in 86030, and how

Work in 86030 centers on public administration and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
17%
about the national average
Unemployment
27.5%
above the national average
Job growth
−2.7%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Public administration27%
Education25%
Health care & social14%
Retail trade13%
Manufacturing6%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 72%
  • Work from home 17%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 11%

Life in 86030

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 86030.


What the weather is like in 86030, month by month

86030 sees roughly 173 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January53°35°19°
April77°57°36°
July99°81°63°
October78°57°39°

Flying in and out of 86030

The nearest airport, Page Municipal, is about 80 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 191 miles away.

Nearest airport
PGA
Page Municipal, about 80 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
381st-busiest in the US, 5 nonstop destinations
Average drive
115 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 86030

Schools across 86030 average a D−, better than 4% of zip codes.

Top elementary schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 86030 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


86030 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 86030 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 86030

Is 86030 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 86030 ranks 32,541st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and quiet, and lowest on a weak job market and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 86030 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $86,763. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $24,019 median income, cost of living beats 3% of zip codes.

Is 86030 safe?

86030 is safer than 7% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $719 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 86030. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 86030 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

86030 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 86030: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 86030: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 86030: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 86030: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

86030 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.