Best PlacesPojoaque, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pojoaque, 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.
Pojoaque ranks 30,468th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pojoaque
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.
Pojoaque's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pojoaque ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 183 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Pojoaque ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pojoaque
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pojoaque home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,349, 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 Pojoaque's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Pojoaque
Pojoaque 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 Pojoaque.
Who works in Pojoaque, and how
Work in Pojoaque centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pojoaque
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pojoaque.
What the weather is like in Pojoaque, month by month
Pojoaque sees roughly 183 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pojoaque
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pojoaque
Schools across Pojoaque average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top high schools
- Mandela International Magnet (mims)A · 75% proficient
- Pojoaque HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pojoaque school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pojoaque 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 Pojoaque against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pojoaque
Is Pojoaque a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pojoaque ranks 30,468th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, heat safety, and population health, and lowest on crime and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pojoaque expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $303,015. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $84,349 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Pojoaque safe?
Pojoaque is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,799 per resident a year.
Compare Pojoaque with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pojoaque. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pojoaque 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.
Pojoaque detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pojoaque: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pojoaque: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pojoaque: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pojoaque: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pojoaque 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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