Best PlacesOrgan, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Organ, 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.
Organ ranks 39,735th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Organ
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.
Organ's strengths and weaknesses
Where Organ ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 165 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Organ ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$42,048 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Organ
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Organ home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $42,048, 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 Organ'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 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 Organ
Organ runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Organ.
Who works in Organ, and how
Work in Organ centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Organ
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Organ.
What the weather is like in Organ, month by month
Organ sees roughly 165 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 39° | 24° |
| April | 80° | 62° | 42° |
| July | 97° | 82° | 67° |
| October | 80° | 62° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Organ
The nearest airport, El Paso International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 178 miles away.
The best schools in and around Organ
Schools across Organ average a C, better than 46% of towns.
Top high schools
- Centennial High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Organ Mountain High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Organ school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Organ 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 Organ against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Organ
Is Organ a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Organ ranks 39,735th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low disaster risk, and cell coverage, and lowest on thin health care access and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Organ expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,306. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $42,048 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Organ safe?
Organ is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $545 per resident a year.
Compare Organ with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Organ. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Organ 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.
Organ detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Organ: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Organ: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Organ: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Organ: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Organ 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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