Best PlacesGuadalupita, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Guadalupita, 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.
Guadalupita ranks 47,104th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Guadalupita
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.
Guadalupita's strengths and weaknesses
Where Guadalupita ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 132 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Guadalupita ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute43.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Guadalupita
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Guadalupita home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,495, 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 Guadalupita's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Guadalupita
Guadalupita runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Guadalupita.
Who works in Guadalupita, and how
Work in Guadalupita centers on public administration and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Guadalupita
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Guadalupita.
What the weather is like in Guadalupita, month by month
Guadalupita sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 19° | 4° |
| April | 57° | 40° | 24° |
| July | 77° | 59° | 42° |
| October | 60° | 41° | 24° |
Flying in and out of Guadalupita
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 60 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Guadalupita
Schools across Guadalupita average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cimarron ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Mora ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Ranchos De Taos ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cimarron MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Lazaro Larry Garcia MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Taos HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Penasco HighC · 31% proficient
- Cimarron HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Guadalupita school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Guadalupita 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 Guadalupita against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Guadalupita
Is Guadalupita a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Guadalupita ranks 47,104th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, heat safety, and quiet, and lowest on crime and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Guadalupita expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,244. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $53,495 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Guadalupita safe?
Guadalupita is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,193 per resident a year.
Compare Guadalupita with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Guadalupita. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Guadalupita 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.
Guadalupita detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Guadalupita: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Guadalupita: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Guadalupita: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Guadalupita: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Guadalupita 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.