Best PlacesCedarvale, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedarvale, 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.
Cedarvale ranks 39,170th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cedarvale
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.
Cedarvale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedarvale ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
Where Cedarvale ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedarvale
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedarvale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,406, 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 Cedarvale's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cedarvale
Cedarvale 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 Cedarvale.
Who works in Cedarvale, and how
Work in Cedarvale centers on agriculture & forestry and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cedarvale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cedarvale.
What the weather is like in Cedarvale, month by month
Cedarvale sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 31° | 18° |
| April | 70° | 52° | 33° |
| July | 90° | 73° | 56° |
| October | 71° | 52° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Cedarvale
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 42 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 69 nonstop destinations.
Cedarvale 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 Cedarvale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedarvale
Is Cedarvale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedarvale ranks 39,170th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and heat safety, and lowest on tree cover and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedarvale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,200. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $57,406 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Cedarvale safe?
Cedarvale is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $809 per resident a year.
Compare Cedarvale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedarvale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedarvale 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.
Cedarvale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedarvale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedarvale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedarvale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedarvale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedarvale 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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