Best PlacesMimbres, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mimbres, 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.
Mimbres ranks 42,065th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mimbres
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.
Mimbres' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mimbres ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Mimbres ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mimbres
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mimbres home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,059, 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 Mimbres' effective rate of 0.38%, 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 Mimbres
Mimbres 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 Mimbres.
Who works in Mimbres, and how
Work in Mimbres centers on education and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mimbres
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mimbres.
What the weather is like in Mimbres, month by month
Mimbres sees roughly 173 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 39° | 24° |
| April | 75° | 58° | 37° |
| July | 93° | 77° | 63° |
| October | 77° | 59° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Mimbres
The nearest airport, Grant County, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mimbres
Schools across Mimbres average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reserve ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Cliff HighB · 50% proficient
- Reserve HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mimbres school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mimbres 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 Mimbres against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mimbres
Is Mimbres a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mimbres ranks 42,065th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mimbres expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,262. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $48,059 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Mimbres safe?
Mimbres is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $706 per resident a year.
Compare Mimbres with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mimbres. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mimbres 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.
Mimbres detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mimbres: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mimbres: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mimbres: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mimbres: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mimbres 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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