Best PlacesRamah, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ramah, 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.
Ramah ranks 45,881st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ramah
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.
Ramah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ramah ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
Where Ramah ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ramah
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ramah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,463, 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 Ramah's effective rate of 0.21%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ramah
Ramah runs younger 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 Ramah.
Who works in Ramah, and how
Work in Ramah centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Ramah
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ramah.
What the weather is like in Ramah, month by month
Ramah sees roughly 160 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 Ramah
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 104 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 Ramah
Schools across Ramah average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- San Rafael ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Bluewater ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Miyamura High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ramah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ramah 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 Ramah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ramah
Is Ramah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ramah ranks 45,881st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, low disaster risk, and clean air, and lowest on crime and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ramah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $114,578. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $46,463 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Ramah safe?
Ramah is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,180 per resident a year.
Compare Ramah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ramah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ramah 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.
Ramah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ramah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ramah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ramah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ramah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ramah 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.