Best PlacesSteamboat Canyon, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Steamboat Canyon, 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.
Steamboat Canyon ranks 49,814th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Steamboat Canyon
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.
Steamboat Canyon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Steamboat Canyon ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
Where Steamboat Canyon ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Steamboat Canyon
A household needs to earn about $9,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Steamboat Canyon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $28,034, 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 a national 0.90% effective rate, since no local rate is published, 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 1 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Steamboat Canyon
Steamboat Canyon 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 Steamboat Canyon.
Who works in Steamboat Canyon, and how
Work in Steamboat Canyon centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Steamboat Canyon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Steamboat Canyon.
What the weather is like in Steamboat Canyon, month by month
Steamboat Canyon sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 29° | 12° |
| April | 68° | 49° | 28° |
| July | 91° | 73° | 53° |
| October | 71° | 50° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Steamboat Canyon
The nearest airport, Show Low Regional, is about 105 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 187 miles away.
Steamboat Canyon 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 Steamboat Canyon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Steamboat Canyon
Is Steamboat Canyon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Steamboat Canyon ranks 49,814th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low property taxes, and clean air, and lowest on thin health care access and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Steamboat Canyon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $32,909. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $28,034 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Steamboat Canyon safe?
Steamboat Canyon is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,062 per resident a year.
Compare Steamboat Canyon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Steamboat Canyon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Steamboat Canyon 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.
Steamboat Canyon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Steamboat Canyon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Steamboat Canyon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Steamboat Canyon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Steamboat Canyon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Steamboat Canyon 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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