Best PlacesGlorieta, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glorieta, 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.
Glorieta ranks 31,598th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Glorieta
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.
Glorieta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glorieta ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
Where Glorieta ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glorieta
A household needs to earn about $112,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glorieta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,380, 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 Glorieta's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Glorieta
Glorieta 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 Glorieta.
Who works in Glorieta, and how
Work in Glorieta centers on professional & technical and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Glorieta
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glorieta.
What the weather is like in Glorieta, month by month
Glorieta sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 31° | 19° |
| April | 71° | 52° | 33° |
| July | 92° | 75° | 58° |
| October | 71° | 54° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Glorieta
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glorieta
Schools across Glorieta average a C−, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- El Dorado Community SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Pecos HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glorieta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glorieta 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 Glorieta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glorieta
Is Glorieta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glorieta ranks 31,598th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, an educated workforce, and population health, and lowest on air quality and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glorieta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $451,614. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $75,380 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Glorieta safe?
Glorieta is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $793 per resident a year.
Compare Glorieta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glorieta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glorieta 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.
Glorieta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glorieta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glorieta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glorieta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glorieta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glorieta 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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