Best PlacesCoyote, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coyote, 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.
Coyote ranks 49,210th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Coyote
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.
Coyote's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coyote ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 122 pleasant days a year, better than 81% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Coyote ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute39.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Household income$45,647 median, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coyote
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coyote home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $45,647, 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 Coyote's effective rate of 0.38%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Coyote
Coyote 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 Coyote.
Who works in Coyote, and how
Work in Coyote centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Coyote
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coyote.
What the weather is like in Coyote, month by month
Coyote sees roughly 122 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 23° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 41° | 27° |
| July | 76° | 61° | 46° |
| October | 59° | 44° | 28° |
Flying in and out of Coyote
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 77 miles away.
Coyote 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 Coyote against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coyote
Is Coyote a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coyote ranks 49,210th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and the weather, and lowest on crime 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 Coyote expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,576. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $45,647 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Coyote safe?
Coyote is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,114 per resident a year.
Compare Coyote with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coyote. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coyote 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.
Coyote detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coyote: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coyote: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coyote: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coyote: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coyote 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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