Best PlacesArrey, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Arrey, 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.
Arrey ranks 39,271st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Arrey
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.
Arrey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Arrey ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 171 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Arrey ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Arrey
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Arrey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,837, 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 Arrey's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Arrey
Arrey runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Arrey.
Who works in Arrey, and how
Work in Arrey centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Arrey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Arrey.
What the weather is like in Arrey, month by month
Arrey sees roughly 171 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 42° | 28° |
| April | 80° | 64° | 46° |
| July | 97° | 82° | 69° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Arrey
The nearest airport, Grant County, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 156 miles away.
Arrey 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 Arrey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Arrey
Is Arrey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Arrey ranks 39,271st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and quiet, and lowest on education levels and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Arrey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,487. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $53,837 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Arrey safe?
Arrey is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $822 per resident a year.
Compare Arrey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Arrey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Arrey 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.
Arrey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Arrey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Arrey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Arrey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Arrey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Arrey 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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