Best PlacesThree Points, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Three Points, 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.
Three Points ranks 40,917th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Three Points
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.
Three Points' strengths and weaknesses
Where Three Points ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 175 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 76% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 69% of towns
Where Three Points ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Three Points
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Three Points home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,565, 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 Three Points' effective rate of 0.62%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Three Points
Three Points runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Three Points.
Who works in Three Points, and how
Work in Three Points centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Three Points
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Three Points.
What the weather is like in Three Points, month by month
Three Points sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through April, November, and December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 54° | 38° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 53° |
| July | 101° | 92° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 76° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Three Points
The nearest airport, Tucson International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Three Points
Schools across Three Points average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sahuarita Intermediate SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Picture Rocks ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- Robles Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sahuarita Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Marana Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Altar Valley Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain View High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Marana High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Sahuarita High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Three Points school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Three Points 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 Three Points against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Three Points
Is Three Points a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Three Points ranks 40,917th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and transit, and lowest on tree cover and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Three Points expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,459. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $62,565 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Three Points safe?
Three Points is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $379 per resident a year.
Compare Three Points with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Three Points. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Three Points 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.
Three Points detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Three Points: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Three Points: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Three Points: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Three Points: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Three Points 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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