Best PlacesCaliente, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Caliente, 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.
Caliente ranks 32,660th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Caliente
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.
Caliente's strengths and weaknesses
Where Caliente ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute14.7 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 171 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
Where Caliente ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Caliente
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Caliente home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,949, 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 Caliente's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Caliente
Caliente runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Caliente.
Who works in Caliente, and how
Work in Caliente centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Caliente
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Caliente.
What the weather is like in Caliente, month by month
Caliente sees roughly 171 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 104 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 79° | 63° | 47° |
| July | 104° | 90° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 64° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Caliente
The nearest airport, St George Regional, is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Caliente
Schools across Caliente average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Panaca Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Caliente Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Pahranagat Valley Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pahranagat Valley Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Meadow Valley Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Pahranagat Valley High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- C O Bastian High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Lincoln County High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Caliente school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Caliente 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 Caliente against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Caliente
Is Caliente a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Caliente ranks 32,660th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, short commutes, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Caliente expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,851. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $70,949 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Caliente safe?
Caliente is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $802 per resident a year.
Compare Caliente with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Caliente. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Caliente 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.
Caliente detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Caliente: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Caliente: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Caliente: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Caliente: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Caliente 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.