Best PlacesScenic, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Scenic, 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.
Scenic ranks 49,227th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Scenic
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.
Scenic's strengths and weaknesses
Where Scenic ranks high
- Short commute11.8 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 167 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 76% of towns
Where Scenic ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
Who lives in Scenic
Scenic 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 Scenic.
Who works in Scenic, and how
Work in Scenic centers on health care & social and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 40%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Scenic
Scenic has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Scenic and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Scenic, month by month
Scenic sees roughly 167 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 Scenic
The nearest airport, St George Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Scenic
Schools across Scenic average an F, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beaver Dam ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Beaver Dam High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Scenic school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Scenic 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 Scenic against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Scenic
Is Scenic a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Scenic ranks 49,227th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Scenic safe?
Scenic is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $679 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Scenic?
July highs average about 104 degrees, and January highs near 54 with lows near 30. That works out to about 167 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of towns.
Compare Scenic with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Scenic. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Scenic 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.
Scenic detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Scenic: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Scenic: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Scenic: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Scenic: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Scenic 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.
- 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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