Best PlacesMaricopa Village, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maricopa Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Maricopa Village ranks 13,811th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Maricopa Village
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.
Maricopa Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maricopa Village ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
Where Maricopa Village ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maricopa Village
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maricopa Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $121,362, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Maricopa Village's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Maricopa Village
Maricopa Village 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 Maricopa Village.
Who works in Maricopa Village, and how
Work in Maricopa Village centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Maricopa Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Maricopa Village.
What the weather is like in Maricopa Village, month by month
Maricopa Village sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 108 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 56° | 43° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 60° |
| July | 108° | 99° | 85° |
| October | 89° | 79° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Maricopa Village
Phoenix Sky Harbor International sits about 17 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 Maricopa Village
Schools across Maricopa Village average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dos Rios ElementaryD · 17% proficient
- Tres Rios Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- University High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maricopa Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maricopa Village 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 Maricopa Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maricopa Village
Is Maricopa Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maricopa Village ranks 13,811th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cell coverage, and low disaster risk, and lowest on civic engagement and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maricopa Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $404,300. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $121,362 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Maricopa Village safe?
Maricopa Village is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Maricopa Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maricopa Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maricopa Village 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.
Maricopa Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maricopa Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maricopa Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maricopa Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maricopa Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maricopa Village 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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