Prescott Valley, AZ Reviews

Drunken Neighbor set his home on fire - 3/21/2021
My neighbor set his home on fire. No insurance. The city did nothing. Its been 15 months,. The wrecked house is a eyesore. Dont get into a HOA. They are worthless.
Politics are conservative and weather is good. Read More

Growing out of control... - 1/17/2021
We moved here about 3 1/2 years ago. Prescott Valley is growing out of control, the town rubber stamps anything a builder wants. Traffic is getting worse, new residents drive like a bat out of hell. Seems like liberalism is moving in. May be time to move. Read More

Beautiful mountains - 12/29/2020
Before moving to Prescott Valley I lived in Phoenix 30 years and watched Prescott Valley go from basically a few little mom and pop stores on the main road to Prescott to the booming town it is now now.
It's growing fast. People from other states are finding this gem among the mountains and new home developments are popping up everywhere.
It's beautiful here and I think most people take pride in our town and keep it clean.
If your looking for lush green yards with big green trees this may not be the place for you. Although we have four mild seasons, most yards and landscaping are desert landscapped with lots of rock.
We don't have much for shopping but that's true for any smaller town.
Traffic is horrible. We have two main roads and all the smaller, surrounding communities come here. People from Phoenix come here, especially in the summer to get away from the heat which adds to the traffic.
We don't have sidewalks or many street lights in Read More

Prescott forever - 8/19/2019
Best yearly temps plus great things to do. They are friendly , great food , just love it here Read More

Review from a native Californian - 4/19/2018

I moved to Prescott Valley nearly four years ago. I am a native of S- CA and did a lot of research on “Where to Retire.” We made our move in 2014 and I was very happy to leave the high cost of living, smog, traffic, and earthquakes. I was very excited to move to Arizona. It’s a good place for retirees. The cost of living is way less than CA. I don’t work here but I know plenty of people here that do. Trade professionals, medical jobs, law enforcement may be available to those who qualify. There are service-oriented jobs that generally pay near minimum wage.

The weather here is generally like California but a little dryer. Topography is brown grass bushes, Juniper Ash tress, and a few pine trees Prescott has more pine trees and more snow. In Prescott Valley we get maybe a few inches a year and makes it pretty. It usually melts on the roads by noon. Prescott gets more snow in the higher elevation. Hilly streets can be a challenge for those who like to walk or drive Read More

Prescott Valley is an awsome place to live - 2/4/2018
Did you know that Prescott Valley is getting younger. The median age is 41 years young. The housing market prices are affordable and the new housing market is booming. The small town ambiance is loved by all. Hiking trails, water sports, biking and much more are just some of the outdoor activities that our community offers. I will give you a guided tour when you get ready to visit and buy a home in my Read More

meh its pretty and loads of potential - 11/5/2017
Better than most cities, the streets are clean and nice, there is alot of improvements, and it is growing pretty crazy. There are alot of HOAs which im not sure if that is a good thing or bad thing on a large level such as this.

The internet is above average city which is not that bad <-- this is IF you have internet options. Some areas still dont have it. Schools are pretty low rated. Considering they only spend like 6 grand a student vs US standard is 12 grand a student. But the schools are not crowded.

There is a great aviation university here which is pretty expensive. Other than that there is a community college.

There really are no busses. I dont have a drivers license, so I bike everywhere which is not bad. It can be windy at times.

After living here its been nice and the people are nice but stay private or to themselves. If you are looking for housing investment this i suppose would be the place.  Read More

BORING - 7/15/2017
I have lived in prescott valley most of my teenage years and spent my twenties here. Most of the reviews on here are correct.... This is a low scale, quiet, boring town. It's incredibly hard to meet people here unless you're a bar hopper. The job choices are horrendous. Unless you love working the food or retail industry, finding a job is near impossible. Our mall is a ghost town. Old people go there to walk out of the heat. The streets are in horrible shape and are growing terribly overcrowded as the population here grows. The drivers here are infuriating. They drive so slow! It takes forever to get anywhere. For how low key it is here, housing is way too expensive. I pay one thousand a month for an upstairs apartment that I was on a waiting list for six months to get into. Unless you can afford an actual house, your only other option of housing is a duplex. P. V. is littered with duplexes and over the years I've lived in plenty of these. Every experience in a duplex I've had was Read More

This Ain't Mayberry - 6/13/2017
My husband and I moved here seven years ago, thinking this to be a nice, neighborly town. Unfortunately, Prescott Valley is far from it.

If you are a walker, there aren't any sidewalks in the residential areas, unless you move into a HOA neighborhood. We're not really sure what happens to the tax money collected here, but it's not going into road improvements. (On that subject, the town council seems to be filled with the same cronies, term after term.)

The insect population, namely grasshoppers are right at home here. If you have an aversion to large bugs, then PV may not be the place for you.

As for friendly neighbors, I guess we picked the wrong neighborhood. We've been here seven years and have not made any friends in this town, and we're very outgoing people. It seems most of the residents here are big city transplants and prefer to stay to themselves or small-minded types who immediately reject anyone that doesn't follow their Read More

Really? Real estate values DOWN? - 1/4/2017
Not sure where the info that real estate values are down here in the last year comes from. We bought our home in Pronghorn Ranch in November 2015. We could sell our home 14 months later for $80,000 more than we paid. That's a 25% increase. Read More