Best PlacesShonto, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shonto, 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.
Shonto ranks 49,948th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shonto
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.
Shonto's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shonto ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 187 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
Where Shonto ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter 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 Shonto
A household needs to earn about $17,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shonto home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $29,800, 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 Shonto's effective rate of 0.38%, 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 Shonto
Shonto runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shonto.
Who works in Shonto, and how
Work in Shonto centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Shonto
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shonto.
What the weather is like in Shonto, month by month
Shonto sees roughly 187 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 76° | 61° | 47° |
| July | 101° | 87° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Shonto
The nearest airport, Page Municipal, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 229 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shonto
Schools across Shonto average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tuba City Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Kayenta Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Page Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
- Kayenta Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Monument Valley High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shonto school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shonto 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 Shonto against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shonto
Is Shonto a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shonto ranks 49,948th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on thin health care access and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shonto expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $69,675. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $29,800 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Shonto safe?
Shonto is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $754 per resident a year.
Compare Shonto with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shonto. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shonto 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.
Shonto detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shonto: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shonto: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shonto: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shonto: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shonto 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.