Best PlacesLos Pachecos, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Los Pachecos, 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 Pachecos ranks 45,036th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Los Pachecos
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 Pachecos' strengths and weaknesses
Where Los Pachecos ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 150 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
Where Los Pachecos ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Los Pachecos
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Los Pachecos home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,545, 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 Pachecos' effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Los Pachecos
Los Pachecos runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Pachecos.
Who works in Los Pachecos, and how
Work in Los Pachecos centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Los Pachecos
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Los Pachecos.
What the weather is like in Los Pachecos, month by month
Los Pachecos sees roughly 150 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 Pachecos
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Los Pachecos
Schools across Los Pachecos average a D+, better than 20% of towns.
Top high schools
- Pecos HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Los Pachecos school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Los Pachecos 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 Pachecos against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Los Pachecos
Is Los Pachecos a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Los Pachecos ranks 45,036th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on crime and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Los Pachecos expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,300. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $59,545 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Los Pachecos safe?
Los Pachecos is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,426 per resident a year.
Compare Los Pachecos with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Los Pachecos. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Los Pachecos 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 Pachecos detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Los Pachecos: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Los Pachecos: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Los Pachecos: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Los Pachecos: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Los Pachecos 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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