Best PlacesCorrales, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Corrales, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Corrales ranks 5,910th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Corrales
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.
Corrales' strengths and weaknesses
Where Corrales ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
Where Corrales ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cheap childcare$982 a month, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Corrales
A household needs to earn about $152,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Corrales home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $103,234, 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 Corrales' effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Corrales
Corrales 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 Corrales.
Who works in Corrales, and how
Work in Corrales centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Corrales
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Corrales.
What the weather is like in Corrales, month by month
Corrales sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 33° | 20° |
| April | 71° | 54° | 36° |
| July | 92° | 77° | 60° |
| October | 72° | 56° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Corrales
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 14 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 Corrales
Schools across Corrales average a C+, better than 63% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Bernalillo MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Nex Gen AcademyA · 75% proficient
- Rio Rancho HighA− · 63% proficient
- Cleveland High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Corrales school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Corrales 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 Corrales against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Corrales
Is Corrales a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Corrales ranks 5,910th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, civic engagement, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Corrales expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $592,344. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $103,234 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Corrales safe?
Corrales is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $494 per resident a year.
Compare Corrales with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Corrales. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Corrales 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.
Corrales detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Corrales: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Corrales: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Corrales: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Corrales: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Corrales 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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