Best PlacesEl Llanito, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around El Llanito, 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.
El Llanito ranks 4,422nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in El Llanito
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.
El Llanito's strengths and weaknesses
Where El Llanito ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where El Llanito ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in El Llanito
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median El Llanito home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $109,958, 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 El Llanito's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in El Llanito
El Llanito runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for El Llanito.
Who works in El Llanito, and how
Work in El Llanito centers on public administration and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in El Llanito
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across El Llanito.
What the weather is like in El Llanito, month by month
El Llanito 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 El Llanito
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 22 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 El Llanito
Schools across El Llanito average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Bernalillo MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Bernalillo HighD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every El Llanito school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
El Llanito 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 El Llanito against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in El Llanito
Is El Llanito a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, El Llanito ranks 4,422nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is El Llanito expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $512,300. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $109,958 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is El Llanito safe?
Yes, El Llanito is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $345 per resident a year.
Compare El Llanito with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to El Llanito. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in El Llanito 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.
El Llanito detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for El Llanito: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in El Llanito: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of El Llanito: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in El Llanito: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
El Llanito 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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