Best PlacesLas Vegas, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Las Vegas metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
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Las Vegas ranks 206th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on tree cover and air quality. It does better on cell coverage, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in the Las Vegas metro
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 Las Vegas
The towns and districts of the Las Vegas metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Enterprise
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and crime runs lower.
Downtown Las Vegas
More adults hold degrees and more residents vote.
Henderson
Health care is easier to reach, though fewer households have young kids.
Spring Valley
North Las Vegas
Fewer homes sit empty.
Sunrise Manor & Whitney
Homes cost less, though health outcomes score lower.
Mesquite, Nellis AFB & Moapa Valley
Biking is worse and schools score lower.
Winchester
Streets are more walkable and transit reaches more jobs.
Las Vegas shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 2% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Las Vegas' strengths and weaknesses
Las Vegas lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Cell coverage is the standout, in the top 1% of metro areas. The weather and transit follow.
The one real hole is tree cover, near the bottom of the country. Air quality and summer heat also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Las Vegas ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of metro areas
- Nice weatherabout 187 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of metro areas
- TransitBetter than 94% of metro areas
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of metro areas
- State infrastructureBetter than 94% of metro areas
Where Las Vegas ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of metro areas
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of metro areas
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of metro areas
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of metro areas
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Las Vegas
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Las Vegas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,168, 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 Las Vegas' 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 Las Vegas
Las Vegas's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Las Vegas.
Who works in Las Vegas, and how
Work in Las Vegas centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Las Vegas
Las Vegas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of metro areas and less parkland per resident than most metro areas. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Las Vegas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Las Vegas growing, and who is moving in?
Las Vegas has grown about 17% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Los Angeles, CA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Las Vegas go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Las Vegas, month by month
Las Vegas sees roughly 187 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 108 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 83° | 70° | 56° |
| July | 108° | 96° | 81° |
| October | 85° | 71° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Las Vegas
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 Las Vegas
Schools across Las Vegas average a C, better than 26% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Pinecrest Academy Of Nevada InspiradaA+ · 76% proficient
- Coral Academy TamarusA · 69% proficient
- Vassiliadis Billy & Rosemary EsA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coral Academy WindmillA− · 57% proficient
- Rogich Sig MsA− · 56% proficient
- Webb Del E MsA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- College Of So Nv Hs WestA+ · 84% proficient
- College Of So Nv Hs SouthA+ · 83% proficient
- Advanced Technologies Academy HsA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Las Vegas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Las Vegas suits
Common questions about living in Las Vegas
Is Las Vegas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Las Vegas ranks 206th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and transit, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Las Vegas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $434,543. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $84,168 median income, cost of living beats 60% of metro areas.
Is Las Vegas safe?
Las Vegas is safer than 21% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $506 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Las Vegas?
July highs average about 108 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 38. That works out to about 187 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Las Vegas?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Enterprise, Downtown Las Vegas, and Henderson. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Las Vegas good for families?
Schools beat 26% of metro areas, crime safety beats 21%, and childcare runs $1,198 a month.
Is Las Vegas good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 60% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 40% of metro areas. About 13% of workers already work from home.
Compare Las Vegas with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Las Vegas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Las Vegas 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.
Las Vegas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Las Vegas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Las Vegas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Las Vegas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Las Vegas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Las Vegas 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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