Best PlacesCostilla, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Costilla, 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.
Costilla ranks 33,021st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Costilla
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.
Costilla's strengths and weaknesses
Where Costilla ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 159 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
Where Costilla ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Costilla
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Costilla home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,107, 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 Costilla's effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Costilla
Costilla runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Costilla.
Who works in Costilla, and how
Work in Costilla centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Costilla
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Costilla.
What the weather is like in Costilla, month by month
Costilla sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near -1. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 17° | -1° |
| April | 64° | 45° | 23° |
| July | 86° | 66° | 46° |
| October | 67° | 45° | 24° |
Flying in and out of Costilla
The nearest airport, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Costilla
Schools across Costilla average a D+, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Manassa Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Antonito Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Antonito High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Costilla school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Costilla 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 Costilla against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Costilla
Is Costilla a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Costilla ranks 33,021st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Costilla expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,188. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $70,107 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Costilla safe?
Costilla is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,135 per resident a year.
Compare Costilla with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Costilla. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Costilla 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.
Costilla detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Costilla: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Costilla: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Costilla: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Costilla: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Costilla 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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