Best PlacesHenderson, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Henderson, 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.
Henderson ranks 105th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on state finances and low property taxes. The weaker spots are tree cover, summer heat, and air quality.
The best neighborhoods in Henderson
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.
The best areas in Henderson
The parts of Henderson, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Westgate, Anthem & West Henderson
More adults hold degrees, crime runs lower, and local pay stretches further.
Paradise Hills & Mission Hills
Fewer homes sit empty and incomes run higher.
McCullough Hills & Green Valley Ranch
Biking is better, though fewer households have young kids.
Green Valley South
Transit reaches more jobs.
Valley View, Calico Ridge & Foothills
It is quieter, though prices have run up more.
River Mountain, Highland Hills & Townsite
Homes cost less and streets are more walkable.
Green Valley North, Gibson Springs & Whitney Ranch
Fewer residents vote and health care is harder to reach.
Henderson shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 15% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Henderson's strengths and weaknesses
Henderson ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. State finances, low property taxes, and state infrastructure carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Tree cover, summer heat, and air quality hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Henderson ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 84% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 185 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of cities
Where Henderson ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Henderson
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Henderson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $100,694, 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 Henderson's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Henderson
Henderson runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Henderson.
Who works in Henderson, and how
Work in Henderson centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Henderson
Henderson has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 82% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Henderson and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Henderson, month by month
Henderson sees roughly 185 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 107 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 53° |
| July | 107° | 94° | 79° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Henderson
Harry Reid International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 204 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Henderson
Schools across Henderson average a C+, better than 52% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Pinecrest Academy Of Nevada InspiradaA+ · 76% proficient
- Vanderburg John EsA− · 60% proficient
- Coral Academy EastgateA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coral Academy WindmillA− · 57% proficient
- Webb Del E MsA− · 53% proficient
- Miller Bob MsB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- College Of So Nv Hs SouthA+ · 83% proficient
- Nevada State High School Downtown HendersonA · 70% proficient
- Nevada State High School HendersonA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Henderson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Henderson 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 Henderson against the other 444 cities.
Who Henderson suits
Families
Schools land around the 52nd percentile and crime safety beats 64%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of cities and 18% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 83% of cities, health care access beats 65%, and it is quieter than 64%.
Common questions about living in Henderson
Is Henderson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Henderson ranks 105th of 445 cities. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on tree cover and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Henderson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $504,105. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $100,694 median income, cost of living beats 83% of cities.
Is Henderson safe?
Yes, Henderson is safer than 64% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Henderson?
July highs average about 107 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 35. That works out to about 185 pleasant days a year, more than 83% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Henderson?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Westgate, Anthem & West Henderson, Paradise Hills & Mission Hills, and McCullough Hills & Green Valley Ranch. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Henderson good for families?
Schools beat 52% of cities, crime safety beats 64%, and childcare runs $1,198 a month.
Is Henderson good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 19% of cities. About 18% of workers already work from home.
Compare Henderson with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Henderson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Henderson 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.
Henderson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Henderson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Henderson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Henderson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Henderson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Henderson 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.