Best PlacesAvondale, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Avondale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Avondale ranks 1,069th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Avondale
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.
Avondale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Avondale ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 97% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 159 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of cities
Where Avondale ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Avondale
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Avondale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $90,667; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 Avondale's effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Avondale
Avondale runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Avondale.
Who works in Avondale, and how
Work in Avondale centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Avondale
Avondale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Avondale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Avondale, month by month
Avondale sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 108 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 56° | 43° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 60° |
| July | 108° | 99° | 85° |
| October | 89° | 79° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Avondale
Phoenix Sky Harbor International sits about 18 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.2 million passengers in 2025, with 177 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Avondale
Schools across Avondale average a C−, better than 25% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Legacy Traditional School - AvondaleB+ · 53% proficient
- Litchfield Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Palm Valley ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wigwam Creek Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Imagine Avondale MiddleD · 21% proficient
- Avondale Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- University High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Millennium High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Estrella Foothills High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Avondale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Avondale 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 Avondale against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Avondale suits
Common questions about living in Avondale
Is Avondale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Avondale ranks 1,069th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, low disaster risk, and a strong job market, and lowest on tree cover and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Avondale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $373,736. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $90,667 median income, cost of living beats 49% of cities.
Is Avondale safe?
Avondale is safer than 52% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Avondale?
July highs average about 108 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 43. That works out to about 159 pleasant days a year, more than 85% of cities.
Is Avondale good for families?
Schools beat 25% of cities, crime safety beats 52%, and childcare runs $1,109 a month.
Compare Avondale with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Avondale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Avondale 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.
Avondale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Avondale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Avondale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Avondale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Avondale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Avondale detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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