Best PlacesFort Huachuca, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Huachuca, 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.
Fort Huachuca ranks 6,962nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Huachuca
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.
Fort Huachuca's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Huachuca ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute10.2 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 172 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
Where Fort Huachuca ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Huachuca
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Huachuca home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,789, 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 Fort Huachuca's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Fort Huachuca
Fort Huachuca 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 Fort Huachuca.
Who works in Fort Huachuca, and how
Work in Fort Huachuca centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Fort Huachuca
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Huachuca.
What the weather is like in Fort Huachuca, month by month
Fort Huachuca sees roughly 172 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 47° | 33° |
| April | 80° | 64° | 48° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Fort Huachuca
The nearest airport, Tucson International, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 162 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Huachuca
Schools across Fort Huachuca average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- General Myer Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Huachuca Mountain Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Pearce Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Colonel Smith Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Joyce Clark Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Buena High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Willcox High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Valley Union High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Huachuca school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Huachuca 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 Fort Huachuca against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Huachuca
Is Fort Huachuca a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Huachuca ranks 6,962nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, short commutes, and biking, and lowest on civic engagement 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 Fort Huachuca expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $77,900. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $87,789 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Fort Huachuca safe?
Fort Huachuca is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Huachuca with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Huachuca. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Huachuca 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.
Fort Huachuca detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Huachuca: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Huachuca: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Huachuca: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Huachuca: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Huachuca 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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