Best PlacesLuke Afb, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Luke Afb, 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.
Luke Afb ranks 21,587th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Luke Afb
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.
Luke Afb's strengths and weaknesses
Where Luke Afb ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute6.2 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
Where Luke Afb ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Luke Afb
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Luke Afb home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,575, 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 Luke Afb's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Luke Afb
Luke Afb runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Luke Afb.
Who works in Luke Afb, and how
Work in Luke Afb centers on hospitality & food and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Luke Afb
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Luke Afb.
What the weather is like in Luke Afb, month by month
Luke Afb sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 109 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| April | 88° | 73° | 56° |
| July | 109° | 96° | 83° |
| October | 91° | 76° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Luke Afb
Phoenix Sky Harbor International sits about 22 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 Luke Afb
Schools across Luke Afb average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mabel Padgett Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Dreaming Summit ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Luke Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Western Sky Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Millennium High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Verrado High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Dysart High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Luke Afb school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Luke Afb 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 Luke Afb against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Luke Afb
Is Luke Afb a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Luke Afb ranks 21,587th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, short commutes, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Luke Afb expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $601,900. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $63,575 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Luke Afb safe?
Luke Afb is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $558 per resident a year.
Compare Luke Afb with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Luke Afb. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Luke Afb 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.
Luke Afb detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Luke Afb: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Luke Afb: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Luke Afb: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Luke Afb: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Luke Afb 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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