Best PlacesHospah, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hospah, 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.
Hospah ranks 47,953rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hospah
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.
Hospah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hospah ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 159 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
Where Hospah ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hospah
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hospah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,200, 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 a national 0.90% effective rate, since no local rate is published, 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 Hospah
Hospah runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hospah.
Who works in Hospah, and how
Work in Hospah centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hospah
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hospah.
What the weather is like in Hospah, month by month
Hospah sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 29° | 12° |
| April | 69° | 50° | 28° |
| July | 92° | 74° | 54° |
| October | 72° | 51° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Hospah
The nearest airport, Durango-La Plata County, is about 99 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hospah
Schools across Hospah average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crownpoint ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hospah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hospah 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 Hospah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hospah
Is Hospah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hospah ranks 47,953rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low property taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on crime 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 Hospah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $59,764. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $45,200 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Hospah safe?
Hospah is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,528 per resident a year.
Compare Hospah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hospah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hospah 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.
Hospah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hospah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hospah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hospah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hospah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hospah 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.