Best PlacesOak Springs, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Springs, 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.
Oak Springs ranks 50,257th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Springs
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.
Oak Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Springs ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Oak Springs ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Springs
A household needs to earn about $12,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $25,368, 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 a national 0.90% effective rate, since no local rate is published, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Oak Springs
Oak Springs runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oak Springs.
Who works in Oak Springs, and how
Work in Oak Springs centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oak Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oak Springs.
What the weather is like in Oak Springs, month by month
Oak Springs sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 29° | 12° |
| April | 68° | 49° | 28° |
| July | 91° | 73° | 53° |
| October | 71° | 50° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Oak Springs
The nearest airport, Show Low Regional, is about 85 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 152 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oak Springs
Schools across Oak Springs average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sanders Elementary SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sanders Middle SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Springs 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 Oak Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oak Springs
Is Oak Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Springs ranks 50,257th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the schools 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 Oak Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $47,100. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $25,368 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Oak Springs safe?
Oak Springs is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $956 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Springs 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.
Oak Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Springs 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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