Best PlacesPolvadera, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Polvadera, 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.
Polvadera ranks 49,444th 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 Polvadera
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.
Polvadera's strengths and weaknesses
Where Polvadera ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 175 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$629 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 66% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 64% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 60% of towns
Where Polvadera ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Polvadera
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Polvadera home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $42,001; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Polvadera's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Polvadera
Polvadera runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Polvadera.
Who works in Polvadera, and how
Work in Polvadera centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Polvadera
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Polvadera.
What the weather is like in Polvadera, month by month
Polvadera sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 78° | 61° | 44° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 67° |
| October | 77° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Polvadera
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 61 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 Polvadera
Schools across Polvadera average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top high schools
- Socorro HighB− · 45% proficient
- Belen HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Polvadera school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Polvadera 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 Polvadera against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Polvadera
Is Polvadera a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Polvadera ranks 49,444th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, affordable childcare, and low property taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Polvadera expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $172,975. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $42,001 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Polvadera safe?
Polvadera is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,152 per resident a year.
Compare Polvadera with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Polvadera. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Polvadera 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.
Polvadera detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Polvadera: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Polvadera: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Polvadera: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Polvadera: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Polvadera 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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