Best PlacesNellis Afb, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nellis 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.
Nellis Afb ranks 40,140th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Nellis 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.
Nellis Afb's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nellis Afb ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 181 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
Where Nellis Afb ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nellis Afb
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nellis Afb home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $55,834, 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 Nellis Afb's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nellis Afb
Nellis Afb 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 Nellis Afb.
Who works in Nellis Afb, and how
Work in Nellis Afb centers on admin & support services 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 80%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Nellis Afb
Nellis Afb has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Nellis Afb and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nellis Afb, month by month
Nellis Afb sees roughly 181 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 Nellis Afb
Harry Reid International sits about 12 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 Nellis Afb
Schools across Nellis Afb average a C−, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coral Academy Nellis AfbC+ · 39% proficient
- West Prep EsF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lyon Mack MsB · 45% proficient
- Garrett Elton M JhsC+ · 37% proficient
- Johnston Carroll M MsD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest Career-technical Academy HsA− · 65% proficient
- Summit View Youth J-shsD+ · 25% proficient
- Sunrise Mountain HsD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nellis Afb school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nellis 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 Nellis Afb against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nellis Afb
Is Nellis Afb a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nellis Afb ranks 40,140th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and the weather, and lowest on thin health care access and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nellis Afb expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $436,400. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $55,834 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Nellis Afb safe?
Nellis Afb is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $699 per resident a year.
Compare Nellis Afb with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nellis Afb. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nellis 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.
Nellis Afb detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nellis Afb: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nellis Afb: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nellis Afb: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nellis Afb: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nellis 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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