Best PlacesOjo Sarco, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ojo Sarco, 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.
Ojo Sarco ranks 45,337th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ojo Sarco
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.
Ojo Sarco's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ojo Sarco ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 162 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
Where Ojo Sarco ranks low
- Short commute47.4 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ojo Sarco
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ojo Sarco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,940, 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 Ojo Sarco's effective rate of 0.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ojo Sarco
Ojo Sarco 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 Ojo Sarco.
Who works in Ojo Sarco, and how
Work in Ojo Sarco centers on construction and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Ojo Sarco
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ojo Sarco.
What the weather is like in Ojo Sarco, month by month
Ojo Sarco sees roughly 162 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 25° | 10° |
| April | 65° | 47° | 27° |
| July | 88° | 70° | 51° |
| October | 68° | 48° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Ojo Sarco
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ojo Sarco
Schools across Ojo Sarco average a D+, better than 21% of towns.
Top high schools
- Penasco HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ojo Sarco school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ojo Sarco 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 Ojo Sarco against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ojo Sarco
Is Ojo Sarco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ojo Sarco ranks 45,337th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, heat safety, and low property taxes, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ojo Sarco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,000. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $65,940 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Ojo Sarco safe?
Ojo Sarco is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $762 per resident a year.
Compare Ojo Sarco with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ojo Sarco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ojo Sarco 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.
Ojo Sarco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ojo Sarco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ojo Sarco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ojo Sarco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ojo Sarco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ojo Sarco 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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