Best PlacesParaje, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Paraje, 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.
Paraje ranks 47,802nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Paraje
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.
Paraje's strengths and weaknesses
Where Paraje ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 168 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Paraje ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,880 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Paraje
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Paraje home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,880, 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 Paraje's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Paraje
Paraje runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Paraje.
Who works in Paraje, and how
Work in Paraje centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Paraje
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Paraje.
What the weather is like in Paraje, month by month
Paraje sees roughly 168 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 30° | 14° |
| April | 70° | 50° | 29° |
| July | 90° | 73° | 54° |
| October | 72° | 51° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Paraje
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 50 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 69 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Paraje
Schools across Paraje average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cubero ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Paraje school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Paraje 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 Paraje against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Paraje
Is Paraje a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Paraje ranks 47,802nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Paraje expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,970. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $40,880 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Paraje safe?
Paraje is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $877 per resident a year.
Compare Paraje with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Paraje. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Paraje 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.
Paraje detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Paraje: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Paraje: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Paraje: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Paraje: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Paraje 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.