Best PlacesWahweap, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wahweap, 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.
Wahweap ranks 31,350th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wahweap
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.
Wahweap's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wahweap ranks high
- Short commute8.1 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 180 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
Where Wahweap ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wahweap
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wahweap home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,516, 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 Wahweap's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wahweap
Wahweap runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Wahweap.
Who works in Wahweap, and how
Work in Wahweap centers on hospitality & food and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Wahweap
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wahweap.
What the weather is like in Wahweap, month by month
Wahweap sees roughly 180 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 76° | 61° | 47° |
| July | 101° | 87° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Wahweap
The nearest airport, Page Municipal, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 211 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wahweap
Schools across Wahweap average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Page Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Page High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wahweap school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wahweap 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 Wahweap against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wahweap
Is Wahweap a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wahweap ranks 31,350th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, the weather, and a stable housing market, and lowest on crime and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wahweap expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,200. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $66,516 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Wahweap safe?
Wahweap is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,106 per resident a year.
Compare Wahweap with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wahweap. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wahweap 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.
Wahweap detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wahweap: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wahweap: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wahweap: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wahweap: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wahweap 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.