Best PlacesSunrise Springs, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunrise Springs, 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.
Sunrise Springs ranks 49,204th 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 Sunrise Springs
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.
Sunrise Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunrise Springs ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
Where Sunrise Springs ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$24,446 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sunrise Springs
A household needs to earn about $9,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunrise Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $24,446, 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 Sunrise Springs
Sunrise Springs 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 Sunrise Springs.
Who works in Sunrise Springs, and how
Work in Sunrise Springs centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Sunrise Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sunrise Springs.
What the weather is like in Sunrise Springs, month by month
Sunrise Springs sees roughly 154 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 Sunrise Springs
The nearest airport, Show Low Regional, is about 95 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 181 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sunrise Springs
Schools across Sunrise Springs average a D−, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Indian Wells ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sunrise Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunrise Springs 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 Sunrise Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sunrise Springs
Is Sunrise Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunrise Springs ranks 49,204th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low property taxes, and quiet, 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 Sunrise Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $35,042. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $24,446 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Sunrise Springs safe?
Sunrise Springs is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $929 per resident a year.
Compare Sunrise Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunrise Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunrise Springs 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.
Sunrise Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunrise Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunrise Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunrise Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunrise Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunrise Springs 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.