Best PlacesSilver Peak, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silver Peak, 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.
Silver Peak ranks 47,568th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Silver Peak
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 Peak's strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver Peak ranks high
- Short commute13.9 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of towns
Where Silver Peak ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,715 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver Peak
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver Peak home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,715, 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 Peak's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Silver Peak
Silver Peak 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 Silver Peak.
Who works in Silver Peak, and how
Work in Silver Peak centers on mining & oil & gas and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Silver Peak
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Silver Peak.
What the weather is like in Silver Peak, month by month
Silver Peak sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 33° | 21° |
| April | 69° | 52° | 35° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 59° |
| October | 71° | 53° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Silver Peak
The nearest airport, Bishop, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 180 miles away.
The best schools in and around Silver Peak
Schools across Silver Peak average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top high schools
- Tonopah High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Silver Peak school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Silver Peak 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 Peak against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silver Peak
Is Silver Peak a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver Peak ranks 47,568th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, state infrastructure, and quiet, and lowest on crime and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silver Peak expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $108,900. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $41,715 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Silver Peak safe?
Silver Peak is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,725 per resident a year.
Compare Silver Peak with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver Peak. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silver Peak 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 Peak detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver Peak: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver Peak: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver Peak: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver Peak: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silver Peak 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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