Best PlacesCarlin, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carlin, 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.
Carlin ranks 40,671st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Carlin
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.
Carlin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carlin ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Carlin ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Carlin
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carlin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,596, 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 Carlin's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Carlin
Carlin runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Carlin.
Who works in Carlin, and how
Work in Carlin centers on retail trade and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Carlin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Carlin.
What the weather is like in Carlin, month by month
Carlin sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 64° | 47° | 30° |
| July | 96° | 76° | 53° |
| October | 69° | 48° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Carlin
The nearest airport, Elko Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 197 miles away.
The best schools in and around Carlin
Schools across Carlin average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Eureka Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Mound Valley Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Adobe Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Flagview Intermediate SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Creek High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Eureka County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Elko High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carlin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carlin 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 Carlin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Carlin
Is Carlin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carlin ranks 40,671st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, walkability, and state finances, and lowest on crime and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carlin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,357. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $61,596 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Carlin safe?
Carlin is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,055 per resident a year.
Compare Carlin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carlin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carlin 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.
Carlin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carlin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carlin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carlin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carlin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carlin 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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