Best PlacesClaunch, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Claunch, 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.
Claunch ranks 47,044th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Claunch
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.
Claunch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Claunch ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 192 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 72% of towns
- Cheap childcare$672 a month, better than 70% of towns
Where Claunch ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$35,763 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Claunch
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Claunch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $35,763, 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 Claunch's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Claunch
Claunch 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 Claunch.
Who works in Claunch, and how
Work in Claunch centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Claunch
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Claunch.
What the weather is like in Claunch, month by month
Claunch sees roughly 192 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Claunch
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 72 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 Claunch
Schools across Claunch average a C, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Corona ElementaryA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Corona HighB · 50% proficient
- Mountainair HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Claunch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Claunch 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 Claunch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Claunch
Is Claunch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Claunch ranks 47,044th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, clean air, and low property taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Claunch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,300. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $35,763 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Claunch safe?
Claunch is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $888 per resident a year.
Compare Claunch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Claunch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Claunch 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.
Claunch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Claunch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Claunch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Claunch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Claunch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Claunch 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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