Best PlacesKrider, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Krider, 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.
Krider ranks 41,165th 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 Krider
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.
Krider's strengths and weaknesses
Where Krider ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 78% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 64% of towns
Where Krider ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Krider
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Krider home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,573, 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 Krider's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Krider
Krider runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Krider.
Who works in Krider, and how
Work in Krider 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 2%
Life in Krider
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Krider.
What the weather is like in Krider, month by month
Krider sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 38° | 25° |
| April | 77° | 59° | 43° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 66° |
| October | 75° | 59° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Krider
The nearest airport, Clovis Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 166 miles away.
The best schools in and around Krider
Schools across Krider average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Floyd ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Floyd MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Melrose HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Krider school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Krider 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 Krider against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Krider
Is Krider a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Krider ranks 41,165th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low property taxes, and an educated workforce, 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 Krider expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $243,462. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $73,573 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Krider safe?
Krider is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $617 per resident a year.
Compare Krider with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Krider. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Krider 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.
Krider detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Krider: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Krider: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Krider: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Krider: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Krider 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.