Best PlacesMountain Pass, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mountain Pass, 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.
Mountain Pass ranks 49,473rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mountain Pass
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.
Mountain Pass' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mountain Pass ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 191 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Short commute15.4 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 49% of towns
Where Mountain Pass ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
Who lives in Mountain Pass
Mountain Pass runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mountain Pass.
Who works in Mountain Pass, and how
Work in Mountain Pass centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in Mountain Pass
Mountain Pass has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Mountain Pass and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mountain Pass, month by month
Mountain Pass sees roughly 191 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 107 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 53° |
| July | 107° | 94° | 79° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Mountain Pass
The nearest airport, Boulder City Municipal, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mountain Pass
Schools across Mountain Pass average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reid Harry EsB · 50% proficient
- Baker ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
- Sandy Valley EsD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Webb Del E MsA− · 53% proficient
- Bullhead City Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
- Baker Junior HighD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Baker HighB · 50% proficient
- Sandy Valley J-shsD · 19% proficient
- Laughlin J-shsF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mountain Pass school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mountain Pass 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 Mountain Pass against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mountain Pass
Is Mountain Pass a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mountain Pass ranks 49,473rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and big-city access, and lowest on crime and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mountain Pass safe?
Mountain Pass is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $2,071 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mountain Pass?
July highs average about 107 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 35. That works out to about 191 pleasant days a year, more than 99% of towns.
Compare Mountain Pass with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mountain Pass. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mountain Pass 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.
Mountain Pass detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mountain Pass: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mountain Pass: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mountain Pass: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mountain Pass: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mountain Pass 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.
- 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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