Best PlacesSilver Bell, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silver Bell, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Silver Bell ranks 9,880th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Silver Bell
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.
Silver Bell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver Bell ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 180 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
Where Silver Bell ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute38.4 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver Bell
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver Bell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,028, 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 Silver Bell's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Silver Bell
Silver Bell runs younger 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 Silver Bell.
Who works in Silver Bell, and how
Work in Silver Bell centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Silver Bell
Silver Bell has more parkland per resident than 81% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Silver Bell and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Silver Bell, month by month
Silver Bell sees roughly 180 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 107 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 52° | 38° |
| April | 88° | 72° | 52° |
| July | 107° | 94° | 80° |
| October | 90° | 74° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Silver Bell
Phoenix Sky Harbor International sits about 25 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.2 million passengers in 2025, with 177 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Silver Bell
Schools across Silver Bell average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pima Butte Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Santa Rosa Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Villago Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Desert Wind Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Maricopa Wells Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Casa Grande Union High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Maricopa High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Vista Grande High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Silver Bell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Silver Bell 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 Silver Bell against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Silver Bell suits
Families
Schools land around the 14th percentile and crime safety beats 74%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Silver Bell
Is Silver Bell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver Bell ranks 9,880th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and biking, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silver Bell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $386,218. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $99,028 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Silver Bell safe?
Yes, Silver Bell is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Silver Bell?
July highs average about 107 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 38. That works out to about 180 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of towns.
Is Silver Bell good for families?
Schools beat 14% of towns, crime safety beats 74%, and childcare runs $856 a month.
Compare Silver Bell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver Bell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silver Bell 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.
Silver Bell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver Bell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver Bell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver Bell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver Bell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silver Bell 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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