Best PlacesLos Hueros, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Los Hueros, 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.
Los Hueros ranks 46,655th 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 Los Hueros
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.
Los Hueros' strengths and weaknesses
Where Los Hueros ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 130 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
Where Los Hueros ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Los Hueros
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Los Hueros home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,502, 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 Los Hueros' 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 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 Los Hueros
Los Hueros runs older than the country, 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 Los Hueros.
Who works in Los Hueros, and how
Work in Los Hueros centers on public administration and admin & support services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Los Hueros
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Los Hueros.
What the weather is like in Los Hueros, month by month
Los Hueros sees roughly 130 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 Los Hueros
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 67 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Los Hueros
Schools across Los Hueros average a C−, better than 24% 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
- Cimarron HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Mora HighD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Los Hueros school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Los Hueros 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 Los Hueros against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Los Hueros
Is Los Hueros a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Los Hueros ranks 46,655th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, heat safety, and clean air, and lowest on crime and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Los Hueros expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,834. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $49,502 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Los Hueros safe?
Los Hueros is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,156 per resident a year.
Compare Los Hueros with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Los Hueros. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Los Hueros 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.
Los Hueros detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Los Hueros: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Los Hueros: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Los Hueros: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Los Hueros: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Los Hueros 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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