Best PlacesSpring Valley, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Valley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Spring Valley ranks 221st of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on cell coverage and state finances. The weaker spots are tree cover, summer heat, and air quality.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Valley
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.
The best areas in Spring Valley
The parts of Spring Valley, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Rhodes Ranch
More adults hold degrees, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Sovana
More homes sit empty and streets are more car-dependent.
The Lakes-Country Club
Fewer households have young kids and homes cost more.
Northeastern Spring Valley
Health outcomes score lower and crime runs higher.
Spring Valley shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 12% of the country and others in the top 9%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Spring Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Spring Valley lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Cell coverage is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. State finances and low property taxes follow.
The one real hole is tree cover, near the bottom of the country. Summer heat and air quality also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Spring Valley ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 192 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of cities
Where Spring Valley ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Valley
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $78,465, 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 Spring Valley's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spring Valley
Spring Valley'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 Spring Valley.
Who works in Spring Valley, and how
Work in Spring Valley centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Spring Valley
Spring Valley has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of cities and more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Spring Valley and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spring Valley, month by month
Spring Valley sees roughly 192 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 108 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 83° | 70° | 57° |
| July | 108° | 96° | 83° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Spring Valley
Harry Reid International sits about 6 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 Spring Valley
Schools across Spring Valley average a C, better than 29% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Amplus RainbowB+ · 53% proficient
- Doral Academy SaddleB · 47% proficient
- Batterman Kathy L EsB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fertitta Victoria MsB · 45% proficient
- Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi MsB− · 42% proficient
- Guinn Kenny C MsC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- College Of So Nv Hs SouthA+ · 83% proficient
- Northwest Career-technical Academy HsA− · 65% proficient
- Nevada State High School SouthwestB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley against the other 444 cities.
Who Spring Valley suits
Common questions about living in Spring Valley
Is Spring Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Valley ranks 221st of 445 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on tree cover and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $431,755. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $78,465 median income, cost of living beats 43% of cities.
Is Spring Valley safe?
Spring Valley is safer than 44% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $468 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Spring Valley?
July highs average about 108 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 39. That works out to about 192 pleasant days a year, more than 84% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Spring Valley?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Rhodes Ranch, Sovana, and The Lakes-Country Club. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Spring Valley good for families?
Schools beat 29% of cities, crime safety beats 44%, and childcare runs $1,198 a month.
Is Spring Valley good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 43% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 33% of cities. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Spring Valley with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Valley 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.
Spring Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Valley 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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