Best PlacesPunta de Agua, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Punta de Agua, 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.
Punta de Agua ranks 43,492nd 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 Punta de Agua
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.
Punta de Agua's strengths and weaknesses
Where Punta de Agua ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 182 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 64% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 61% of towns
Where Punta de Agua ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- Household income$47,869 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Punta de Agua
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Punta de Agua home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $47,869; 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 Punta de Agua's effective rate of 0.25%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Punta de Agua
Punta de Agua runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Punta de Agua.
Who works in Punta de Agua, and how
Work in Punta de Agua centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Punta de Agua
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Punta de Agua.
What the weather is like in Punta de Agua, month by month
Punta de Agua sees roughly 182 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 35° | 22° |
| April | 76° | 59° | 41° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 65° |
| October | 74° | 58° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Punta de Agua
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 38 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 Punta de Agua
Schools across Punta de Agua average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top high schools
- Mountainair HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Punta de Agua school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Punta de Agua 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 Punta de Agua against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Punta de Agua
Is Punta de Agua a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Punta de Agua ranks 43,492nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low property taxes, and low disaster risk, 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 Punta de Agua expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,586. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $47,869 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Punta de Agua safe?
Punta de Agua is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $879 per resident a year.
Compare Punta de Agua with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Punta de Agua. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Punta de Agua 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.
Punta de Agua detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Punta de Agua: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Punta de Agua: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Punta de Agua: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Punta de Agua: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Punta de Agua 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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