Best places to live in New Mexico
1 New Mexico metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in New Mexico
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked New Mexico metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 37.3%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 48.5%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 2.4%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 2.4%
- Other or two or more
- 9.4%
Diversity index 77/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albuquerque | 30.0 | #97 of 103 | $353k | 19 | 1 | 26° / 92° | 77 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.