Best PlacesManzano, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Manzano, 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.
Manzano ranks 40,378th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Manzano
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.
Manzano's strengths and weaknesses
Where Manzano ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 187 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Manzano ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute39.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Manzano
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manzano home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,967, 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 Manzano's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Manzano
Manzano 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 Manzano.
Who works in Manzano, and how
Work in Manzano centers on utilities and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Manzano
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Manzano.
What the weather is like in Manzano, month by month
Manzano sees roughly 187 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 35° | 22° |
| April | 76° | 59° | 41° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 65° |
| October | 74° | 58° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Manzano
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 32 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 Manzano
Schools across Manzano average a C−, better than 29% of towns.
Top high schools
- Belen HighC · 31% proficient
- Mountainair HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manzano school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manzano 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 Manzano against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Manzano
Is Manzano a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manzano ranks 40,378th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on biking and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Manzano expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,381. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $51,967 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Manzano safe?
Manzano is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $742 per resident a year.
Compare Manzano with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manzano. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manzano 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.
Manzano detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manzano: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manzano: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manzano: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manzano: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manzano 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.