Best PlacesParadise, Las Vegas, NV Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Paradise, Las Vegas, 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.

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Paradise, Las Vegas ranks 3,676th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on state finances and low property taxes. The weaker spots are summer heat, tree cover, and air quality.

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The best neighborhoods in Paradise, Las Vegas

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Paradise, Las Vegas area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Paradise, Las Vegas' strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%State finances
Top 5%Low property taxes
Top 10%Cell coverage

Paradise, Las Vegas lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. State finances, low property taxes, and cell coverage carry most of that.

The one real hole is summer heat, near the bottom of the country. Tree cover and air quality also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.

Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Paradise, Las Vegas with other neighborhoods.

Where Paradise, Las Vegas ranks high

  • State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
  • Low property taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
  • Cell coverageBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
  • State infrastructureBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
  • Nice weatherabout 187 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of neighborhoods

Where Paradise, Las Vegas ranks low

  • Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
  • Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
  • Air qualityBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Paradise, Las Vegas

A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Paradise, Las Vegas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,819, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$95,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,216
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $381,553 home
Median rent
$1,553
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,945
Property tax$144
Homeowners insurance$127

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 Paradise, Las Vegas' effective rate of 0.45%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Paradise, Las Vegas

Paradise, Las Vegas's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
39
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
15%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1820%
18 to 3424%
35 to 4921%
50 to 6420%
65 and older15%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Paradise, Las Vegas.


Who works in Paradise, Las Vegas, and how

Work in Paradise, Las Vegas centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
12%
below the national average
Unemployment
7.5%
above the national average
Job growth
+0.9%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Hospitality & food18%
Retail trade12%
Arts & entertainment9%
Health care & social8%
Transportation & warehousing8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 77%
  • Work from home 12%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 11%

Life in Paradise, Las Vegas

Paradise, Las Vegas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 72% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Paradise, Las Vegas and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
4,610
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 199.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 90% of neighborhoods
Coffee shops
382
about 16.6 per 10,000 residents, more than 85% of neighborhoods
Parkland
800 acres
about 3.5 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 72% of neighborhoods
Open past 10pm
~758
food and drink venues open late, about 32.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 76% of neighborhoods
Living on campus
904
students living in college or university housing

What the weather is like in Paradise, Las Vegas, month by month

Paradise, Las Vegas sees roughly 187 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 108 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January60°49°39°
April83°70°57°
July108°96°83°
October85°72°60°

Flying in and out of Paradise, Las Vegas

Harry Reid International sits about 1 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 204 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
LAS
Harry Reid International, about 1 miles
Airport size
Large hub
8th-busiest in the US, 204 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Paradise, Las Vegas

Schools across Paradise, Las Vegas average a C−, better than 34% of neighborhoods.

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Top middle schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Paradise, Las Vegas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Paradise, Las Vegas 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 Paradise, Las Vegas against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Who Paradise, Las Vegas suits

Families

Schools land around the 34th percentile.

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Remote workers

12% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 86% of neighborhoods.

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Common questions about living in Paradise, Las Vegas

Is Paradise, Las Vegas a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Paradise, Las Vegas ranks 3,676th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Paradise, Las Vegas expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $381,553. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $69,819 median income, cost of living beats 47% of neighborhoods.

Is Paradise, Las Vegas safe?

Paradise, Las Vegas is safer than 47% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $624 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in Paradise, Las Vegas?

July highs average about 108 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 39. That works out to about 187 pleasant days a year, more than 86% of neighborhoods.

Is Paradise, Las Vegas good for families?

Schools beat 34% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 47%, and childcare runs $1,198 a month.

Is Paradise, Las Vegas good for remote workers?

Cost of living against local pay beats 47% of neighborhoods, though advertised internet speeds beat only 50% of neighborhoods. About 12% of workers already work from home.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Paradise, Las Vegas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Paradise, Las Vegas 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.

Paradise, Las Vegas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Paradise, Las Vegas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Paradise, Las Vegas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Paradise, Las Vegas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Paradise, Las Vegas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Paradise, Las Vegas detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.