Best PlacesAlbum Park, El Paso, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Album Park, El Paso, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Album Park, El Paso ranks 3,418th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Album Park, El Paso
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.
Album Park, El Paso's strengths and weaknesses
Where Album Park, El Paso ranks high
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 174 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Album Park, El Paso ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Album Park, El Paso
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Album Park, El Paso home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,701, 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 Album Park, El Paso's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Album Park, El Paso
Album Park, El Paso's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Album Park, El Paso.
Who works in Album Park, El Paso, and how
Work in Album Park, El Paso centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Album Park, El Paso
Album Park, El Paso has more parkland per resident than 71% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Album Park, El Paso and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Album Park, El Paso, month by month
Album Park, El Paso sees roughly 174 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 47° | 32° |
| April | 84° | 69° | 52° |
| July | 100° | 87° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Album Park, El Paso
The nearest airport, El Paso International, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 225 miles away.
The best schools in and around Album Park, El Paso
Schools across Album Park, El Paso average a B−, better than 67% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Edgemere International SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Scotsdale ElC · 35% proficient
- East Point ElD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastwood MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Valle Verde Early College H SA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Album Park, El Paso school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Album Park, El Paso 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 Album Park, El Paso against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Album Park, El Paso
Is Album Park, El Paso a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Album Park, El Paso ranks 3,418th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Album Park, El Paso expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,357. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $59,701 median income, cost of living beats 41% of neighborhoods.
Is Album Park, El Paso safe?
Yes, Album Park, El Paso is safer than 69% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Album Park, El Paso with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Album Park, El Paso. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Album Park, El Paso 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.
Album Park, El Paso detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Album Park, El Paso: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Album Park, El Paso: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Album Park, El Paso: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Album Park, El Paso: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Album Park, El Paso 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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