Best PlacesGuadalupe, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Guadalupe, 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.
Guadalupe ranks 29,675th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Guadalupe
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.
Guadalupe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Guadalupe ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 207 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
Where Guadalupe ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Guadalupe
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Guadalupe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $58,932, 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 Guadalupe's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Guadalupe
Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe.
Who works in Guadalupe, and how
Work in Guadalupe centers on retail trade and admin & support services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Guadalupe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Guadalupe.
What the weather is like in Guadalupe, month by month
Guadalupe sees roughly 207 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 110 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 90° | 76° | 61° |
| July | 110° | 98° | 85° |
| October | 92° | 78° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Guadalupe
Phoenix Sky Harbor International sits about 6 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.2 million passengers in 2025, with 177 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Guadalupe
Schools across Guadalupe average a C−, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ward Traditional AcademyA− · 60% proficient
- Kyrene Del Norte SchoolB · 50% proficient
- C I Waggoner SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mckemy Academy Of International StudiesC+ · 37% proficient
- Kyrene Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Kyrene Centennial Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Guadalupe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Guadalupe
Is Guadalupe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Guadalupe ranks 29,675th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on thin health care access and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Guadalupe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $277,827. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $58,932 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Guadalupe safe?
Guadalupe is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $509 per resident a year.
Compare Guadalupe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Guadalupe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Guadalupe 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.
Guadalupe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Guadalupe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Guadalupe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Guadalupe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Guadalupe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Guadalupe 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.