Best PlacesLa Huerta, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Huerta, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
La Huerta ranks 4,859th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in La Huerta
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.
La Huerta's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Huerta ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$136,819 median, better than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 163 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
Where La Huerta ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Huerta
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Huerta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $136,819, 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 La Huerta's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in La Huerta
La Huerta 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 La Huerta.
Who works in La Huerta, and how
Work in La Huerta centers on construction and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in La Huerta
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across La Huerta.
What the weather is like in La Huerta, month by month
La Huerta sees roughly 163 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 43° | 27° |
| April | 84° | 65° | 46° |
| July | 99° | 84° | 69° |
| October | 82° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of La Huerta
The nearest airport, Cavern City Air Terminal, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 228 miles away.
The best schools in and around La Huerta
Schools across La Huerta average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top high schools
- Carlsbad Early College HighA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Huerta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Huerta 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 La Huerta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Huerta
Is La Huerta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Huerta ranks 4,859th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a stable housing market, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Huerta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $360,723. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $136,819 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is La Huerta safe?
La Huerta is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $619 per resident a year.
Compare La Huerta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Huerta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Huerta 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.
La Huerta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Huerta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Huerta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Huerta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Huerta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Huerta 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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