Best PlacesSloan, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sloan, 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.
Sloan ranks 1,891st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sloan
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.
Sloan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sloan ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 185 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
Where Sloan ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,198 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sloan
A household needs to earn about $162,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sloan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,270, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Sloan's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sloan
Sloan's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sloan.
Who works in Sloan, and how
Work in Sloan centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sloan
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sloan.
What the weather is like in Sloan, month by month
Sloan sees roughly 185 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 107 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 53° |
| July | 107° | 94° | 79° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Sloan
Harry Reid International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 204 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sloan
Schools across Sloan average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blue Diamond EsA− · 58% proficient
- Schorr Steve EsC− · 27% proficient
- Sandy Valley EsD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rogich Sig MsA− · 56% proficient
- Webb Del E MsA− · 53% proficient
- Faiss Wilbur & Theresa MsC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest Career-technical Academy HsA− · 65% proficient
- Liberty HsC+ · 35% proficient
- Sierra Vista HsC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sloan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sloan 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 Sloan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sloan
Is Sloan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sloan ranks 1,891st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, the weather, and state infrastructure, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sloan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $640,592. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $135,270 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Sloan safe?
Yes, Sloan is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
Compare Sloan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sloan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sloan 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.
Sloan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sloan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sloan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sloan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sloan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sloan 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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