Best PlacesShanty Town, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shanty Town, 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.
Shanty Town ranks 43,689th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shanty Town
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.
Shanty Town's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shanty Town ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Shanty Town ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shanty Town
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shanty Town home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,500, 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 Shanty Town'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 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 Shanty Town
Shanty Town runs older 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 Shanty Town.
Who works in Shanty Town, and how
Work in Shanty Town centers on mining & oil & gas and health care & social. Unemployment is close to 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 Shanty Town
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shanty Town.
What the weather is like in Shanty Town, month by month
Shanty Town sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 26° | 14° |
| April | 64° | 45° | 27° |
| July | 93° | 73° | 50° |
| October | 68° | 46° | 28° |
Flying in and out of Shanty Town
The nearest airport, Elko Regional, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shanty Town
Schools across Shanty Town average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ruby Valley Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Eureka Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Mound Valley Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- White Pine Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Creek High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Eureka County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- White Pine High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shanty Town school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shanty Town 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 Shanty Town against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shanty Town
Is Shanty Town a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shanty Town ranks 43,689th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on crime and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shanty Town expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,348. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $92,500 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Shanty Town safe?
Shanty Town is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,286 per resident a year.
Compare Shanty Town with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shanty Town. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shanty Town 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.
Shanty Town detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shanty Town: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shanty Town: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shanty Town: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shanty Town: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shanty Town 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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