Best PlacesBellview, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bellview, 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.
Bellview ranks 29,143rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bellview
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.
Bellview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bellview ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of towns
Where Bellview ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bellview
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bellview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,537, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Bellview's effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bellview
Bellview's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bellview.
Who works in Bellview, and how
Work in Bellview centers on agriculture & forestry and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Bellview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bellview.
What the weather is like in Bellview, month by month
Bellview sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 36° | 22° |
| April | 76° | 56° | 39° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 63° |
| October | 76° | 58° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Bellview
The nearest airport, Clovis Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 197 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bellview
Schools across Bellview average a C, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- San Jon ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- San Jon Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Grady HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bellview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bellview 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 Bellview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bellview
Is Bellview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bellview ranks 29,143rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, population health, and quiet, and lowest on distance from a big city and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bellview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,600. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $61,537 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Bellview safe?
Bellview is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $693 per resident a year.
Compare Bellview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bellview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bellview 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.
Bellview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bellview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bellview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bellview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bellview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bellview 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.