Best PlacesCobre, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cobre, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cobre ranks 41,211th 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 Cobre
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.
Cobre's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cobre ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Cobre ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cobre
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cobre home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,860, 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 Cobre's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 Cobre
Cobre's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Cobre.
Who works in Cobre, and how
Work in Cobre centers on admin & support services and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cobre
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cobre.
What the weather is like in Cobre, month by month
Cobre sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 97° | 83° | 67° |
| October | 65° | 51° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Cobre
The nearest airport, Elko Regional, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cobre
Schools across Cobre average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wells Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wells Jr High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Wells High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cobre school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cobre 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 Cobre against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cobre
Is Cobre a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cobre ranks 41,211th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, state finances, and the weather, and lowest on crime and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cobre expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $238,478. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $100,860 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Cobre safe?
Cobre is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,369 per resident a year.
Compare Cobre with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cobre. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cobre 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.
Cobre detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cobre: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cobre: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cobre: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cobre: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cobre 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.