Best PlacesNevada, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nevada, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Nevada ranks 28,421st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Nevada
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.
Nevada's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nevada ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 75% of towns
Where Nevada ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute36.2 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nevada
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nevada home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,492; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Nevada's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Nevada
Nevada runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nevada.
Who works in Nevada, and how
Work in Nevada centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Nevada
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Nevada.
What the weather is like in Nevada, month by month
Nevada sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Nevada
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 175 miles away.
The best schools in and around Nevada
Schools across Nevada average a C+, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northside ElemA− · 57% proficient
- Bentonia Gibbs SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Bolton-edwards Elem./middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Lovett Elem SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison Central High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Raymond High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Clinton High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nevada school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nevada 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 Nevada against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nevada
Is Nevada a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nevada ranks 28,421st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nevada expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,337. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $74,492 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Nevada safe?
Nevada is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
Compare Nevada with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nevada. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nevada 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.
Nevada detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nevada: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nevada: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nevada: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nevada: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nevada 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.