Best PlacesGrier, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grier, 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.
Grier ranks 34,085th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grier
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.
Grier's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grier ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of towns
Where Grier ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grier
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grier home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,027, 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 Grier's effective rate of 0.40%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Grier
Grier'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 Grier.
Who works in Grier, and how
Work in Grier centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Grier
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grier.
What the weather is like in Grier, month by month
Grier sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 37° | 24° |
| April | 76° | 58° | 40° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 65° |
| October | 76° | 59° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Grier
The nearest airport, Clovis Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 188 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grier
Schools across Grier average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Lindsey-steiner ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Clovis HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Portales HighC− · 28% proficient
- Melrose HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grier school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grier 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 Grier against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grier
Is Grier a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grier ranks 34,085th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, an educated workforce, and low property taxes, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grier expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $265,026. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $80,027 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Grier safe?
Grier is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $662 per resident a year.
Compare Grier with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grier. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grier 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.
Grier detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grier: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grier: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grier: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grier: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grier 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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