Best PlacesGlenbrook, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glenbrook, 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.
Glenbrook ranks 20,560th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glenbrook
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.
Glenbrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glenbrook ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$138,594 median, better than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Glenbrook ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.7 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glenbrook
A household needs to earn about $494,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glenbrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $138,594, 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 Glenbrook's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Glenbrook
Glenbrook 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 Glenbrook.
Who works in Glenbrook, and how
Work in Glenbrook centers on professional & technical and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Glenbrook
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glenbrook.
What the weather is like in Glenbrook, month by month
Glenbrook sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 32° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 30° |
| July | 92° | 72° | 49° |
| October | 70° | 49° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Glenbrook
The nearest airport, Reno/Tahoe International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glenbrook
Schools across Glenbrook average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Zephyr Cove Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- George Whittell High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glenbrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glenbrook 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 Glenbrook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glenbrook
Is Glenbrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glenbrook ranks 20,560th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and state infrastructure, and lowest on an overheated housing market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glenbrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $2,000,001. The overall cost of living runs about 79% above the national average. Set against a $138,594 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Glenbrook safe?
Glenbrook is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,077 per resident a year.
Compare Glenbrook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glenbrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glenbrook 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.
Glenbrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glenbrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glenbrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glenbrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glenbrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glenbrook 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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