Best PlacesMesilla Park, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mesilla Park, 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.
Mesilla Park ranks 36,622nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mesilla Park
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.
Mesilla Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mesilla Park ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Mesilla Park ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mesilla Park
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mesilla Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $46,737, 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 Mesilla Park's effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mesilla Park
Mesilla Park runs younger 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 Mesilla Park.
Who works in Mesilla Park, and how
Work in Mesilla Park centers on education and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in Mesilla Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mesilla Park.
What the weather is like in Mesilla Park, month by month
Mesilla Park sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 81° | 65° | 48° |
| July | 98° | 83° | 70° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Mesilla Park
The nearest airport, El Paso International, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 193 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mesilla Park
Schools across Mesilla Park average a C+, better than 63% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Gadsden MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Alta Vista Early College High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mesilla Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mesilla Park 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 Mesilla Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mesilla Park
Is Mesilla Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mesilla Park ranks 36,622nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, biking, and the weather, and lowest on thin health care access and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mesilla Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,632. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $46,737 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Mesilla Park safe?
Mesilla Park is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $818 per resident a year.
Compare Mesilla Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mesilla Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mesilla Park 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.
Mesilla Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mesilla Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mesilla Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mesilla Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mesilla Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mesilla Park 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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