Best PlacesDry Lake, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dry Lake, 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.
Dry Lake ranks 9,421st 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 Dry Lake
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.
Dry Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dry Lake ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 196 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$123,266 median, better than 94% of towns
Where Dry Lake ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dry Lake
A household needs to earn about $179,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dry Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $123,266, 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 Dry Lake's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dry Lake
Dry Lake runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dry Lake.
Who works in Dry Lake, and how
Work in Dry Lake centers on hospitality & food and real estate. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Dry Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dry Lake.
What the weather is like in Dry Lake, month by month
Dry Lake sees roughly 196 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 103 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 42° | 28° |
| April | 78° | 63° | 46° |
| July | 103° | 89° | 71° |
| October | 81° | 64° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Dry Lake
Harry Reid International sits about 34 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 204 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Dry Lake
Schools across Dry Lake average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Prep EsF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Faiss Wilbur & Theresa MsC− · 29% proficient
- Rosemary Clarke Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest Career-technical Academy HsA− · 65% proficient
- Sierra Vista HsC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dry Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dry Lake 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 Dry Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dry Lake
Is Dry Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dry Lake ranks 9,421st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, state infrastructure, and quiet, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dry Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $703,000. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $123,266 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Dry Lake safe?
Dry Lake is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $397 per resident a year.
Compare Dry Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dry Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dry Lake 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.
Dry Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dry Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dry Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dry Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dry Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dry Lake 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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