Best PlacesAnthony, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Anthony, 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.
Anthony ranks 43,607th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Anthony
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.
Anthony's strengths and weaknesses
Where Anthony ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 178 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
Where Anthony ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Anthony
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Anthony home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,385, 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 Anthony's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Anthony
Anthony runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Anthony.
Who works in Anthony, and how
Work in Anthony centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Anthony
Anthony has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Anthony and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Anthony, month by month
Anthony sees roughly 178 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 44° | 32° |
| April | 81° | 67° | 51° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Anthony
The nearest airport, El Paso International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 209 miles away.
The best schools in and around Anthony
Schools across Anthony average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gadsden ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Santa Teresa MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Anthony MiddleD · 22% proficient
- Gadsden MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Alta Vista Early College High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Anthony school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Anthony 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 Anthony against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Anthony
Is Anthony a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Anthony ranks 43,607th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and low disaster risk, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Anthony expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,659. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $48,385 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Anthony safe?
Anthony is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $558 per resident a year.
Compare Anthony with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Anthony. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Anthony 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.
Anthony detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Anthony: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Anthony: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Anthony: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Anthony: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Anthony 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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