Best PlacesGray Mountain, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gray Mountain, 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.
Gray Mountain ranks 49,279th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gray Mountain
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.
Gray Mountain's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gray Mountain ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 123 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Gray Mountain ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gray Mountain
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gray Mountain home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,855, 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 Gray Mountain's effective rate of 0.07%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Gray Mountain
Gray Mountain 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 Gray Mountain.
Who works in Gray Mountain, and how
Work in Gray Mountain centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Gray Mountain
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gray Mountain.
What the weather is like in Gray Mountain, month by month
Gray Mountain sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 28° | 13° |
| April | 66° | 46° | 25° |
| July | 89° | 70° | 49° |
| October | 69° | 48° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Gray Mountain
The nearest airport, Flagstaff Pulliam, is about 42 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 Gray Mountain
Schools across Gray Mountain average a D, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Charles W Sechrist Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Weitzel's Puente De Hozho Bilingual Magnet SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Sturgeon Cromer Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mount Elden Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern Arizona Distance LearningC− · 26% proficient
- Summit High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Grand Canyon High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gray Mountain school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gray Mountain 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 Gray Mountain against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gray Mountain
Is Gray Mountain a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gray Mountain ranks 49,279th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, quiet, and heat safety, and lowest on a weak job market 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 Gray Mountain expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,207. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $49,855 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Gray Mountain safe?
Gray Mountain is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $658 per resident a year.
Compare Gray Mountain with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gray Mountain. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gray Mountain 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.
Gray Mountain detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gray Mountain: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gray Mountain: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gray Mountain: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gray Mountain: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gray Mountain 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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