Best PlacesPeridot, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peridot, 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.
Peridot ranks 49,474th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Peridot
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.
Peridot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peridot ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
Where Peridot ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peridot
A household needs to earn about $8,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peridot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $33,904, 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 Peridot's effective rate of 0.05%, 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 Peridot
Peridot runs younger than the country, 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 Peridot.
Who works in Peridot, and how
Work in Peridot centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Peridot
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peridot.
What the weather is like in Peridot, month by month
Peridot sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 104 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 46° | 31° |
| April | 85° | 67° | 47° |
| July | 104° | 88° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 68° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Peridot
The nearest airport, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, is about 71 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peridot
Schools across Peridot average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pima Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Ray Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Leonor Hambly K-8D− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pima Junior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- High Desert Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- San Carlos Middle SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Ray Jr/sr High SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Hayden High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peridot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peridot 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 Peridot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peridot
Is Peridot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peridot ranks 49,474th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and the weather, and lowest on a weak job market 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 Peridot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $35,642. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $33,904 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Peridot safe?
Peridot is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $746 per resident a year.
Compare Peridot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peridot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peridot 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.
Peridot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peridot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peridot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peridot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peridot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peridot 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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