Best PlacesYucca, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yucca, 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.
Yucca ranks 48,021st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yucca
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.
Yucca's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yucca ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 76% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Yucca ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,572 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yucca
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yucca home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $37,572; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Yucca's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Yucca
Yucca 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 Yucca.
Who works in Yucca, and how
Work in Yucca centers on transportation & warehousing and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Yucca
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yucca.
What the weather is like in Yucca, month by month
Yucca sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 43° | 30° |
| April | 79° | 62° | 44° |
| July | 102° | 87° | 70° |
| October | 83° | 65° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Yucca
The nearest airport, Grand Canyon West, is about 72 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yucca
Schools across Yucca average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Topock Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Yucca Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Camp Mohave Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mohave Valley Junior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- White Cliffs Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Wallace Jr High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Havasu High SchoolC · 31% 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 Yucca school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yucca 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 Yucca against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yucca
Is Yucca a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yucca ranks 48,021st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yucca expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,290. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $37,572 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Yucca safe?
Yucca is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $500 per resident a year.
Compare Yucca with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yucca. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yucca 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.
Yucca detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yucca: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yucca: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yucca: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yucca: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yucca 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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