Best PlacesGrady, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grady, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Grady ranks 23,293rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grady
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.
Grady's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grady ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute17.3 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
Where Grady ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grady
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grady home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,767, 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 Grady's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Grady
Grady's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Grady.
Who works in Grady, and how
Work in Grady centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Grady
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grady.
What the weather is like in Grady, month by month
Grady sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 38° | 22° |
| April | 78° | 58° | 40° |
| July | 98° | 81° | 65° |
| October | 78° | 59° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Grady
The nearest airport, Clovis Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 186 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grady
Schools across Grady average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- San Jon ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- San Jon Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Tucumcari HighC− · 26% proficient
- Melrose HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Grady HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grady school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grady 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 Grady against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grady
Is Grady a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grady ranks 23,293rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, short commutes, and population health, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grady expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,967. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $62,767 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Grady safe?
Grady is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $483 per resident a year.
Compare Grady with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grady. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grady 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.
Grady detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grady: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grady: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grady: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grady: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grady 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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