Best PlacesChurch Rock, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Church Rock, 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.
Church Rock ranks 47,267th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Church Rock
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.
Church Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Church Rock ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
Where Church Rock ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$33,951 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Church Rock
A household needs to earn about $11,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Church Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $33,951, 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 1 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Church Rock
Church Rock runs younger 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 Church Rock.
Who works in Church Rock, and how
Work in Church Rock centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Church Rock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Church Rock.
What the weather is like in Church Rock, month by month
Church Rock sees roughly 158 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 Church Rock
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 117 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 69 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Church Rock
Schools across Church Rock average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Thoreau ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- John F. Kennedy MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Miyamura High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Church Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Church Rock 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 Church Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Church Rock
Is Church Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Church Rock ranks 47,267th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low property taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on thin health care access and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Church Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $42,724. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $33,951 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Church Rock safe?
Church Rock is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $784 per resident a year.
Compare Church Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Church Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Church Rock 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.
Church Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Church Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Church Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Church Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Church Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Church Rock 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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