Best PlacesEunice, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eunice, 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.
Eunice ranks 32,711th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eunice
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.
Eunice's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eunice ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 177 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
Where Eunice ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eunice
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eunice home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,259, 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 Eunice's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eunice
Eunice runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eunice.
Who works in Eunice, and how
Work in Eunice centers on mining & oil & gas and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Eunice
Eunice has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Eunice and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eunice, month by month
Eunice sees roughly 177 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 41° | 29° |
| April | 79° | 63° | 47° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 69° |
| October | 78° | 62° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Eunice
The nearest airport, Lea County Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 268 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eunice
Schools across Eunice average a D+, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mettie Jordan ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caton MiddleD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Hobbs HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Eunice HighD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eunice school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eunice 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 Eunice against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eunice
Is Eunice a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eunice ranks 32,711th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, the weather, and walkability, and lowest on tree cover and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eunice expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,434. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $68,259 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Eunice safe?
Eunice is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $841 per resident a year.
Compare Eunice with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eunice. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eunice 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.
Eunice detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eunice: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eunice: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eunice: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eunice: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eunice 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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