Everything else equal, we can all agree that living in a cheaper place is better than living in a more expensive place.
I’d much rather pay $500/mo in rent than $1,000. And I’d rather pay $2 for coffee than $5.
And while every neighborhood in Henderson might be more expensive than living in rural Nevada, there are certain neighborhoods that are definitely cheaper.
What exactly are those Henderson neighborhoods where your dollar goes a little further — you can get that one bedroom instead of the studio?
Instead of relying on public opinion and speculation, we wanted to get the facts straight and determine which neighborhoods in Henderson are the cheapest using Saturday Night Science.
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Methodology: How we determined the cheapest Henderson hoods in 2026
To rank the cheapest places to live in Henderson, we had to determine what criteria define “cheap” and then apply Saturday Night Science.
Using Census and extrapolated BLS data, we arrived at the following set of criteria:
- Overall Cost Of Living
- Rent To Income Ratio
- Median Home Value To Income Ratio
We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 23 in each category, where 1 was the cheapest.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a cheap neighborhood index.
And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest cheapest neighborhood index, the “Cheapest City Neighborhood In Henderson.” We’re lookin’ at you, Clark County.
We updated this article for 2026. Skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city, from cheapest to most expensive.
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Detailed list of the cheapest neighborhoods to live in Henderson for 2026
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Cost Of Living Index |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clark County | 102 |
| 2 | Black Mountain | 103 |
| 3 | Highland Hills | 108 |
| 4 | Townsite | 103 |
| 4 | Pittman | 101 |
| 6 | Macdonald Ranch | 119 |
| 7 | Green Valley South | 114 |
| 8 | McCullough Hills | 116 |
| 9 | West Henderson | 124 |
| 10 | Midway | 115 |
| 11 | River Mountain | 115 |
| 12 | Foothills | 117 |
| 13 | Green Valley North | 116 |
| 14 | Green Valley Ranch | 127 |
| 15 | Valley View | 101 |
| 16 | Lake Las Vegas | 146 |
| 17 | Paradise Hills | 127 |
| 18 | Gibson Springs | 114 |
| 19 | Whitney Ranch | 109 |
| 20 | Mission Hills | 111 |
| 21 | Westgate | 125 |
| 22 | Anthem | 135 |
| 23 | Calico Ridge | 135 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 23 Henderson neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: Lowest cost places to live in Henderson
If you’re measuring the neighborhoods in Henderson where prices are low, and it’s cheap to live, this is an accurate list.
The most affordable neighborhoods in Henderson are Clark County, Black Mountain, Highland Hills, Townsite, Pittman, Macdonald Ranch, Green Valley South, McCullough Hills, West Henderson, and Midway.
As mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in Henderson aren’t all cheap. Calico Ridge takes the title of the most expensive neighborhood to live in Henderson.
We ranked the neighborhoods from cheapest to most expensive in the chart below. Not sold on Nevada? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Cheapest Neighborhoods In Henderson FAQs
What is the cheapest neighborhood in Henderson?
Clark County is the cheapest neighborhood in Henderson for 2026. It posts the best combination of overall cost of living, rent against income, and home prices against income. Black Mountain and Highland Hills are next.
What are the cheapest neighborhoods in Henderson?
The cheapest neighborhoods in Henderson are Clark County, Black Mountain, Highland Hills, Townsite, Pittman, Macdonald Ranch, Green Valley South, McCullough Hills, West Henderson, and Midway. We ranked all 23 neighborhoods in the city.
How do you decide which neighborhoods are cheapest?
Three measures: an overall cost of living index, rent-to-income, and home-value-to-income, all from Census tract data. Scoring costs against local incomes keeps one luxury tower from skewing the math.
Is a cheap neighborhood a bad neighborhood?
Not necessarily — this ranking measures what things cost relative to income, nothing else. Check our safest neighborhoods in Henderson ranking before you sign a lease, because cheap and safe are separate questions.
What is the most expensive neighborhood in Henderson?
Calico Ridge lands at the expensive end of the 23 neighborhoods we scored. If your budget disagrees with it, the rest of the list runs cheaper.
