Best PlacesLos Montoyas, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Los Montoyas, 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 Montoyas ranks 34,687th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Los Montoyas
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 Montoyas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Los Montoyas ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 149 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Los Montoyas ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Los Montoyas
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Los Montoyas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,472, 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 Montoyas' effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Los Montoyas
Los Montoyas runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Los Montoyas.
Who works in Los Montoyas, and how
Work in Los Montoyas centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Los Montoyas
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Los Montoyas.
What the weather is like in Los Montoyas, month by month
Los Montoyas sees roughly 149 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 32° | 18° |
| April | 67° | 49° | 31° |
| July | 87° | 69° | 54° |
| October | 69° | 52° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Los Montoyas
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 84 miles away.
Los Montoyas 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 Montoyas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Los Montoyas
Is Los Montoyas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Los Montoyas ranks 34,687th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, the weather, and heat safety, and lowest on civic engagement and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Los Montoyas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,200. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $78,472 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Los Montoyas safe?
Los Montoyas is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,158 per resident a year.
Compare Los Montoyas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Los Montoyas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Los Montoyas 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 Montoyas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Los Montoyas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Los Montoyas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Los Montoyas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Los Montoyas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Los Montoyas 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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