Best PlacesWenden, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wenden, 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.
Wenden ranks 37,881st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wenden
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.
Wenden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wenden ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute11.1 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 185 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
Where Wenden ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wenden
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wenden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,109, 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 Wenden's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wenden
Wenden 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 Wenden.
Who works in Wenden, and how
Work in Wenden centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Wenden
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wenden.
What the weather is like in Wenden, month by month
Wenden sees roughly 185 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 108 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| April | 87° | 71° | 55° |
| July | 108° | 94° | 81° |
| October | 89° | 74° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Wenden
The nearest airport, Prescott Regional/Ernest A Love Field, is about 86 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wenden
Schools across Wenden average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Congress Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Aguila Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Wallace Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wallace Jr High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Wickenburg High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Lee Williams High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Salome High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wenden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wenden 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 Wenden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wenden
Is Wenden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wenden ranks 37,881st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, short commutes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on summer heat and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wenden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $96,083. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $55,109 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Wenden safe?
Wenden is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,354 per resident a year.
Compare Wenden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wenden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wenden 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.
Wenden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wenden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wenden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wenden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wenden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wenden 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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