Best PlacesShumway, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shumway, 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.
Shumway ranks 40,544th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shumway
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.
Shumway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shumway ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 179 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 76% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 63% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 58% of towns
Where Shumway ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shumway
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shumway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $57,572; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Shumway'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shumway
Shumway runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shumway.
Who works in Shumway, and how
Work in Shumway centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Shumway
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shumway.
What the weather is like in Shumway, month by month
Shumway sees roughly 179 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 69° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Shumway
The nearest airport, Show Low Regional, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shumway
Schools across Shumway average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Taylor Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Linden Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Nikolaus Homestead Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Snowflake Junior High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Show Low Junior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Snowflake High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shumway school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shumway 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 Shumway against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shumway
Is Shumway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shumway ranks 40,544th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low property taxes, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shumway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,707. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $57,572 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Shumway safe?
Shumway is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
Compare Shumway with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shumway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shumway 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.
Shumway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shumway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shumway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shumway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shumway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shumway 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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