Best PlacesMountain Park, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mountain Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mountain Park ranks 26,163rd 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 Mountain 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.
Mountain Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mountain Park ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 202 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Mountain Park ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute43.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mountain Park
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mountain Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,068, 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 Mountain Park's effective rate of 0.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mountain Park
Mountain Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mountain Park.
Who works in Mountain Park, and how
Work in Mountain Park centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mountain Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mountain Park.
What the weather is like in Mountain Park, month by month
Mountain Park sees roughly 202 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 42° | 29° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 47° |
| July | 96° | 82° | 69° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Mountain Park
The nearest airport, Roswell Air Center, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 148 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mountain Park
Schools across Mountain Park average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cloudcroft ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Tularosa IntermediateC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cloudcroft MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Tularosa MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Alamogordo HighB− · 43% proficient
- Cloudcroft HighB− · 41% proficient
- Tularosa HighD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mountain Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mountain 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 Mountain Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mountain Park
Is Mountain Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mountain Park ranks 26,163rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, clean air, and low property taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mountain Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,600. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $78,068 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Mountain Park safe?
Yes, Mountain Park is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
Compare Mountain Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mountain Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mountain 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.
Mountain Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mountain Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mountain Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mountain Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mountain Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mountain 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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