Best PlacesPrescott Valley, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prescott Valley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Prescott Valley ranks 1,315th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Prescott Valley
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.
Prescott Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prescott Valley ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 83% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of cities
Where Prescott Valley ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Prescott Valley
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prescott Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,060, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Prescott Valley's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prescott Valley
Prescott Valley runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prescott Valley.
Who works in Prescott Valley, and how
Work in Prescott Valley centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Prescott Valley
Prescott Valley has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Prescott Valley and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prescott Valley, month by month
Prescott Valley sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 38° | 24° |
| April | 72° | 56° | 38° |
| July | 93° | 78° | 63° |
| October | 76° | 58° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Prescott Valley
The nearest airport, Prescott Regional/Ernest A Love Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prescott Valley
Schools across Prescott Valley average a C−, better than 21% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty Traditional SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Taylor Hicks SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Humboldt Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prescott Mile High Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Bradshaw Mountain Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Acorn Montessori Charter SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc. - Prescott ValleyB+ · 53% proficient
- Prescott High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Mingus Union High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prescott Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prescott Valley 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 Prescott Valley against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Prescott Valley suits
Families
Schools land around the 21st percentile and crime safety beats 81%.
Common questions about living in Prescott Valley
Is Prescott Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prescott Valley ranks 1,315th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low property taxes, the weather, and a strong job market, and lowest on internet speeds and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prescott Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $411,018. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $75,060 median income, cost of living beats 12% of cities.
Is Prescott Valley safe?
Yes, Prescott Valley is safer than 81% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Prescott Valley?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 24. That works out to about 153 pleasant days a year, more than 84% of cities.
Is Prescott Valley good for families?
Schools beat 21% of cities, crime safety beats 81%, and childcare runs $924 a month.
Compare Prescott Valley with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prescott Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prescott Valley 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.
Prescott Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prescott Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prescott Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prescott Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prescott Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prescott Valley 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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