Best PlacesSabinal, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sabinal, 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.
Sabinal ranks 36,152nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sabinal
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.
Sabinal's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sabinal ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 172 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$92,578 median, better than 79% of towns
- Cheap childcare$629 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 67% of towns
Where Sabinal ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sabinal
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sabinal home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,578, 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 Sabinal's effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sabinal
Sabinal 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 Sabinal.
Who works in Sabinal, and how
Work in Sabinal centers on public administration and wholesale trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sabinal
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sabinal.
What the weather is like in Sabinal, month by month
Sabinal sees roughly 172 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 Sabinal
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 39 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 Sabinal
Schools across Sabinal average a D+, better than 20% of towns.
Top high schools
- Belen HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sabinal school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sabinal 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 Sabinal against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sabinal
Is Sabinal a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sabinal ranks 36,152nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and high incomes, and lowest on tree cover and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sabinal expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,973. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $92,578 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Sabinal safe?
Sabinal is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $765 per resident a year.
Compare Sabinal with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sabinal. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sabinal 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.
Sabinal detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sabinal: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sabinal: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sabinal: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sabinal: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sabinal 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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