Best PlacesBeatty, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beatty, 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.
Beatty ranks 37,215th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Beatty
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.
Beatty's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beatty ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute11.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 181 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
Where Beatty ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$36,815 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beatty
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beatty home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,815, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Beatty's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Beatty
Beatty runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beatty.
Who works in Beatty, and how
Work in Beatty centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 33%
Life in Beatty
Beatty has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Beatty and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Beatty, month by month
Beatty sees roughly 181 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 117 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 44° |
| April | 91° | 79° | 66° |
| July | 117° | 104° | 90° |
| October | 91° | 78° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Beatty
The nearest airport, Bishop, is about 94 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beatty
Schools across Beatty average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beatty Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Amargosa Valley Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amargosa Valley Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Beatty Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Pahrump Valley High SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Beatty High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beatty school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beatty 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 Beatty against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beatty
Is Beatty a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beatty ranks 37,215th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beatty expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,317. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $36,815 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Beatty safe?
Beatty is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,138 per resident a year.
Compare Beatty with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beatty. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beatty 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.
Beatty detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beatty: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beatty: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beatty: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beatty: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beatty 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.