Best PlacesPan Tak, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pan Tak, 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.
Pan Tak ranks 49,448th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pan Tak
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.
Pan Tak's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pan Tak ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 175 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 58% of towns
Where Pan Tak ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,079 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pan Tak
A household needs to earn about $18,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pan Tak home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $37,079, 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 Pan Tak's effective rate of 0.15%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pan Tak
Pan Tak runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Pan Tak.
Who works in Pan Tak, and how
Work in Pan Tak centers on public administration and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Pan Tak
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pan Tak.
What the weather is like in Pan Tak, month by month
Pan Tak sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through April, November, and December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 54° | 38° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 53° |
| July | 101° | 92° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 76° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Pan Tak
The nearest airport, Tucson International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pan Tak
Schools across Pan Tak average a D−, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robles Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Altar Valley Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Sahuarita High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Cholla High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pan Tak school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pan Tak 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 Pan Tak against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pan Tak
Is Pan Tak a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pan Tak ranks 49,448th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, the weather, and quiet, and lowest on thin health care access and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pan Tak expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $75,000. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $37,079 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pan Tak safe?
Pan Tak is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $653 per resident a year.
Compare Pan Tak with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pan Tak. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pan Tak 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.
Pan Tak detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pan Tak: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pan Tak: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pan Tak: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pan Tak: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pan Tak 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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