Best PlacesLuis Lopez, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Luis Lopez, 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.
Luis Lopez ranks 42,135th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Luis Lopez
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.
Luis Lopez's strengths and weaknesses
Where Luis Lopez ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 176 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap childcare$629 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 70% of towns
Where Luis Lopez ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Luis Lopez
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Luis Lopez home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,407, 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 Luis Lopez's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Luis Lopez
Luis Lopez runs older 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 Luis Lopez.
Who works in Luis Lopez, and how
Work in Luis Lopez centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Luis Lopez
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Luis Lopez.
What the weather is like in Luis Lopez, month by month
Luis Lopez sees roughly 176 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 78° | 61° | 44° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 67° |
| October | 77° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Luis Lopez
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 76 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 Luis Lopez
Schools across Luis Lopez average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top high schools
- Socorro HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Luis Lopez school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Luis Lopez 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 Luis Lopez against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Luis Lopez
Is Luis Lopez a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Luis Lopez ranks 42,135th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime 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 Luis Lopez expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,641. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $68,407 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Luis Lopez safe?
Luis Lopez is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $901 per resident a year.
Compare Luis Lopez with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Luis Lopez. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Luis Lopez 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.
Luis Lopez detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Luis Lopez: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Luis Lopez: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Luis Lopez: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Luis Lopez: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Luis Lopez 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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