Best PlacesDewey, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dewey, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Dewey ranks 15,911th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dewey
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.
Dewey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dewey ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 150 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
Where Dewey ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dewey
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dewey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,465, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Dewey's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dewey
Dewey 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 Dewey.
Who works in Dewey, and how
Work in Dewey centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Dewey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dewey.
What the weather is like in Dewey, month by month
Dewey sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 38° | 24° |
| April | 72° | 56° | 38° |
| July | 93° | 78° | 63° |
| October | 76° | 58° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Dewey
The nearest airport, Prescott Regional/Ernest A Love Field, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dewey
Schools across Dewey average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty Traditional SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Humboldt Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Mountain View Preparatory SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bradshaw Mountain Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Camp Verde Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Mingus Union High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Bradshaw Mountain High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Camp Verde High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dewey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dewey 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 Dewey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dewey
Is Dewey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dewey ranks 15,911th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, civic engagement, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dewey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,143. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $76,465 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Dewey safe?
Yes, Dewey is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Dewey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dewey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dewey 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.
Dewey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dewey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dewey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dewey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dewey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dewey 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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