Best PlacesNye County, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Nye County, 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.
Nye County ranks 2,216th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Nye County
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.
Nye County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nye County ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 182 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 85% of counties
Where Nye County ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Nye County
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nye County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $64,048; 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 Nye County's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nye County
Nye County runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nye County.
Who works in Nye County, and how
Work in Nye County centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Nye County
Nye County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Nye County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Nye County growing, and who is moving in?
Nye County has grown about 31% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Las Vegas, NV.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Nye County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Nye County, month by month
Nye County sees roughly 182 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 103 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 44° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 103° | 89° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 65° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Nye County
Harry Reid International sits about 59 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 Nye County
Schools across Nye County average a D+, better than 14% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Beatty Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Floyd Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Tonopah Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Duckwater Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Amargosa Valley Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Beatty Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Pahrump Valley High SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Round Mountain High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Beatty High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nye County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nye County 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 Nye County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Nye County suits
Common questions about living in Nye County
Is Nye County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nye County ranks 2,216th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on the weather, state infrastructure, and cell coverage, 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 Nye County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,181. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $64,048 median income, cost of living beats 19% of counties.
Is Nye County safe?
Nye County is safer than 42% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $459 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Nye County?
July highs average about 103 degrees, and January highs near 57 with lows near 34. That works out to about 182 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of counties.
Is Nye County good for families?
Schools beat 14% of counties, crime safety beats 42%, and childcare runs $784 a month.
Compare Nye County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nye County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nye County 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.
Nye County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nye County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nye County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nye County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nye County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nye County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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