Best PlacesGlobe, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Globe, 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.
Globe ranks 33,253rd 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 Globe
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.
Globe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Globe ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 188 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
Where Globe ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Globe
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Globe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,097, 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 Globe's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Globe
Globe 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 Globe.
Who works in Globe, and how
Work in Globe centers on retail trade and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Globe
Globe has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Globe and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Globe, month by month
Globe sees roughly 188 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 106 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 52° | 41° |
| April | 86° | 71° | 56° |
| July | 106° | 94° | 82° |
| October | 89° | 74° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Globe
The nearest airport, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Globe
Schools across Globe average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tonto Basin ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Destiny SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Copper Rim Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blue Ridge Jr High SchoolD · 24% proficient
- High Desert Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Canyon Day Junior High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Blue Ridge High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Liberty High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Globe High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Globe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Globe 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 Globe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Globe
Is Globe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Globe ranks 33,253rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, transit, and walkability, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Globe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $182,057. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $65,097 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Globe safe?
Globe is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $439 per resident a year.
Compare Globe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Globe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Globe 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.
Globe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Globe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Globe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Globe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Globe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Globe 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.