Best PlacesWindow Rock, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Window Rock, 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.
Window Rock ranks 47,114th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Window Rock
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.
Window Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Window Rock ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Window Rock ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Window Rock
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Window Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,828, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Window Rock
Window Rock 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 Window Rock.
Who works in Window Rock, and how
Work in Window Rock centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Window Rock
Window Rock has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Window Rock and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Window Rock, month by month
Window Rock sees roughly 155 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 Window Rock
The nearest airport, Show Low Regional, is about 111 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 145 miles away.
The best schools in and around Window Rock
Schools across Window Rock average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tsehootsooi Dine Bi'oltaD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Window Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Window Rock 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 Window Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Window Rock
Is Window Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Window Rock ranks 47,114th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low property taxes, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Window Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $85,562. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $52,828 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Window Rock safe?
Window Rock is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $894 per resident a year.
Compare Window Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Window Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Window Rock 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.
Window Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Window Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Window Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Window Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Window Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Window Rock 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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