Best PlacesMonument Valley, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Monument Valley, 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.
Monument Valley ranks 48,581st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Monument Valley
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.
Monument Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Monument Valley ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Monument Valley ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Monument Valley
A household needs to earn about $10,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Monument Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $34,044, 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 Monument Valley's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Monument Valley
Monument Valley 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 Monument Valley.
Who works in Monument Valley, and how
Work in Monument Valley centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Monument Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Monument Valley.
What the weather is like in Monument Valley, month by month
Monument Valley sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 37° |
| July | 92° | 77° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Monument Valley
The nearest airport, Page Municipal, is about 66 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 247 miles away.
Monument Valley 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 Monument Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Monument Valley
Is Monument Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Monument Valley ranks 48,581st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, quiet, and the weather, and lowest on a weak job market and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Monument Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $41,520. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $34,044 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Monument Valley safe?
Monument Valley is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $727 per resident a year.
Compare Monument Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Monument Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Monument Valley 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.
Monument Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Monument Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Monument Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Monument Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Monument Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Monument Valley 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.