Best PlacesCibecue, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cibecue, 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.
Cibecue ranks 49,843rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cibecue
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.
Cibecue's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cibecue ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 172 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 76% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 61% of towns
Where Cibecue ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cibecue
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cibecue home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $25,593, 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 Cibecue's effective rate of 0.00%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cibecue
Cibecue 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 Cibecue.
Who works in Cibecue, and how
Work in Cibecue centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cibecue
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cibecue.
What the weather is like in Cibecue, month by month
Cibecue sees roughly 172 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 69° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Cibecue
The nearest airport, Show Low Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cibecue
Schools across Cibecue average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain Meadows PrimaryB · 50% proficient
- Linden Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Nikolaus Homestead Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Show Low Junior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Blue Ridge Jr High SchoolD · 24% proficient
- Canyon Day Junior High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Blue Ridge High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Show Low High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Alchesay High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cibecue school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cibecue 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 Cibecue against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cibecue
Is Cibecue a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cibecue ranks 49,843rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, quiet, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cibecue expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $103,000. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $25,593 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Cibecue safe?
Cibecue is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $659 per resident a year.
Compare Cibecue with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cibecue. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cibecue 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.
Cibecue detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cibecue: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cibecue: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cibecue: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cibecue: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cibecue 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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