Best PlacesPioche, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pioche, 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.
Pioche ranks 21,724th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pioche
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.
Pioche's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pioche ranks high
- Short commute9.0 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
Where Pioche ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pioche
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pioche home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,077, 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 Pioche's effective rate of 0.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pioche
Pioche 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 Pioche.
Who works in Pioche, and how
Work in Pioche centers on hospitality & food and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Pioche
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pioche.
What the weather is like in Pioche, month by month
Pioche sees roughly 173 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 104 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 79° | 63° | 47° |
| July | 104° | 90° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 64° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Pioche
The nearest airport, Cedar City Regional, is about 76 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pioche
Schools across Pioche average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Panaca Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Pahranagat Valley Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Pioche Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Duckwater Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Pahranagat Valley Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Meadow Valley Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Pahranagat Valley High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Lincoln County High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Round Mountain High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pioche school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pioche 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 Pioche against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pioche
Is Pioche a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pioche ranks 21,724th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, clean air, and state infrastructure, and lowest on crime and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pioche expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $265,120. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $89,077 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Pioche safe?
Pioche is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,023 per resident a year.
Compare Pioche with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pioche. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pioche 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.
Pioche detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pioche: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pioche: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pioche: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pioche: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pioche 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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