Best PlacesMoapa, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moapa, 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.
Moapa ranks 37,354th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Moapa
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.
Moapa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moapa ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 180 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Moapa ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute42.0 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moapa
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moapa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,126, 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 Moapa's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Moapa
Moapa runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Moapa.
Who works in Moapa, and how
Work in Moapa centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Moapa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Moapa.
What the weather is like in Moapa, month by month
Moapa sees roughly 180 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 108 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 36° |
| April | 84° | 70° | 55° |
| July | 108° | 95° | 80° |
| October | 86° | 70° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Moapa
Harry Reid International sits about 51 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 Moapa
Schools across Moapa average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bowler Grant EsB− · 40% proficient
- Perkins Ute EsC+ · 37% proficient
- Pahranagat Valley Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lyon Mack MsB · 45% proficient
- Pahranagat Valley Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Hughes Charles Arthur MsD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest Career-technical Academy HsA− · 65% proficient
- Moapa Valley HsB− · 43% proficient
- Pahranagat Valley High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moapa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moapa 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 Moapa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moapa
Is Moapa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moapa ranks 37,354th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, state infrastructure, and state finances, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moapa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $331,497. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $91,126 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Moapa safe?
Moapa is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $712 per resident a year.
Compare Moapa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moapa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moapa 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.
Moapa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moapa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moapa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moapa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moapa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moapa 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.