Best PlacesLos Padillas, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Los Padillas, 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 Padillas ranks 43,194th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Los Padillas
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 Padillas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Los Padillas ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 75% of towns
- BikingBetter than 70% of towns
Where Los Padillas ranks low
- Short commute51.6 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Los Padillas
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Los Padillas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $52,060, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Padillas' effective rate of 0.83%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Los Padillas
Los Padillas 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 Los Padillas.
Who works in Los Padillas, and how
Work in Los Padillas centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Los Padillas
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Los Padillas.
What the weather is like in Los Padillas, month by month
Los Padillas sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 37° | 24° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 42° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 67° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Los Padillas
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 9 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 69 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Los Padillas
Schools across Los Padillas average a C+, better than 63% of towns.
Top high schools
- Nex Gen AcademyA · 75% proficient
- Rio Grande HighD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Los Padillas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Los Padillas 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 Padillas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Los Padillas
Is Los Padillas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Los Padillas ranks 43,194th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and low disaster risk, and lowest on long commutes and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Los Padillas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,395. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $52,060 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Los Padillas safe?
Los Padillas is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $543 per resident a year.
Compare Los Padillas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Los Padillas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Los Padillas 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 Padillas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Los Padillas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Los Padillas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Los Padillas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Los Padillas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Los Padillas 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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