Best PlacesJerome, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jerome, 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.
Jerome ranks 32,784th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Jerome
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.
Jerome's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jerome ranks high
- Short commute15.5 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 76% of towns
Where Jerome ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jerome
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jerome home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,941, 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 Jerome's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Jerome
Jerome 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 Jerome.
Who works in Jerome, and how
Work in Jerome centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Jerome
Jerome has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Jerome and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jerome, month by month
Jerome sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 38° | 24° |
| April | 72° | 56° | 38° |
| July | 93° | 78° | 63° |
| October | 76° | 58° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Jerome
The nearest airport, Prescott Regional/Ernest A Love Field, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jerome
Schools across Jerome average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty Traditional SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Clarkdale-jerome Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Mountain View Preparatory SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bradshaw Mountain Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Heritage Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Glassford Hill Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Mingus Union High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Bradshaw Mountain High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Chino Valley High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jerome school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jerome 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 Jerome against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jerome
Is Jerome a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jerome ranks 32,784th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, the weather, and an educated workforce, and lowest on air quality and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jerome expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,556. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $65,941 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Jerome safe?
Jerome is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $617 per resident a year.
Compare Jerome with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jerome. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jerome 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.
Jerome detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jerome: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jerome: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jerome: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jerome: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jerome 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.