Best PlacesTanque Verde, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tanque Verde, 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.
Tanque Verde ranks 2,850th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tanque Verde
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.
Tanque Verde's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tanque Verde ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$120,081 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Tanque Verde ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$989 a month, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tanque Verde
A household needs to earn about $154,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tanque Verde home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $120,081, 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 Tanque Verde's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tanque Verde
Tanque Verde 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 Tanque Verde.
Who works in Tanque Verde, and how
Work in Tanque Verde centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tanque Verde
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tanque Verde.
What the weather is like in Tanque Verde, month by month
Tanque Verde sees roughly 173 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 103 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 51° | 38° |
| April | 86° | 69° | 51° |
| July | 103° | 88° | 76° |
| October | 89° | 73° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Tanque Verde
The nearest airport, Tucson International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tanque Verde
Schools across Tanque Verde average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hermosa Montessori CharterA+ · 75% proficient
- Canyon View Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Tanque Verde Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Esperero Canyon Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Emily Gray Junior High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- University High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Catalina Foothills High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Tanque Verde High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tanque Verde school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tanque Verde 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 Tanque Verde against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tanque Verde
Is Tanque Verde a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tanque Verde ranks 2,850th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, the weather, and health care access, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tanque Verde expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $597,455. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $120,081 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Tanque Verde safe?
Yes, Tanque Verde is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Tanque Verde with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tanque Verde. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tanque Verde 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.
Tanque Verde detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tanque Verde: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tanque Verde: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tanque Verde: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tanque Verde: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tanque Verde 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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