Best PlacesBrimhall, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brimhall, 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.
Brimhall ranks 49,694th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brimhall
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.
Brimhall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brimhall ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
Where Brimhall ranks low
- Short commute52.0 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$38,287 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brimhall
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brimhall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $38,287, 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 a national 0.90% effective rate, since no local rate is published, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brimhall
Brimhall runs older than the country, 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 Brimhall.
Who works in Brimhall, and how
Work in Brimhall centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Brimhall
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brimhall.
What the weather is like in Brimhall, month by month
Brimhall sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 29° | 12° |
| April | 69° | 50° | 28° |
| July | 92° | 74° | 54° |
| October | 72° | 51° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Brimhall
The nearest airport, Cortez Municipal, is about 106 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brimhall
Schools across Brimhall average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Newcomb MiddleD · 21% proficient
- John F. Kennedy MiddleF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brimhall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brimhall 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 Brimhall against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brimhall
Is Brimhall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brimhall ranks 49,694th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, and lowest on long commutes and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brimhall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $58,557. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $38,287 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Brimhall safe?
Brimhall is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,116 per resident a year.
Compare Brimhall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brimhall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brimhall 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.
Brimhall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brimhall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brimhall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brimhall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brimhall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brimhall 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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