Best PlacesDome, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dome, 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.
Dome ranks 40,919th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dome
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.
Dome's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dome ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 214 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Short commute19.5 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 77% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 76% of towns
Where Dome ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dome
A household needs to earn about $17,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dome home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,773, 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 Dome'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 1 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dome
Dome 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 Dome.
Who works in Dome, and how
Work in Dome centers on education and finance & insurance. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dome
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dome.
What the weather is like in Dome, month by month
Dome sees roughly 214 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 109 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 43° |
| April | 89° | 74° | 57° |
| July | 109° | 96° | 82° |
| October | 92° | 77° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Dome
The nearest airport, Yuma MCAS/Yuma International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 143 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dome
Schools across Dome average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mohawk Valley SchoolC · 33% proficient
- James D Price SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ron Watson Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Castle Dome Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Gila Ridge High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Yuma High SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Antelope Union High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dome school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dome 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 Dome against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dome
Is Dome a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dome ranks 40,919th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and low property taxes, and lowest on summer heat and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dome expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $70,153. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $58,773 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Dome safe?
Dome is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $601 per resident a year.
Compare Dome with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dome. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dome 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.
Dome detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dome: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dome: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dome: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dome: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dome 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.