Best PlacesSanta Clara Pueblo, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Santa Clara Pueblo, 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.
Santa Clara Pueblo ranks 43,220th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Santa Clara Pueblo
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.
Santa Clara Pueblo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Santa Clara Pueblo ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 169 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
Where Santa Clara Pueblo ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Santa Clara Pueblo
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Santa Clara Pueblo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,629, 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 Santa Clara Pueblo's effective rate of 0.32%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Santa Clara Pueblo
Santa Clara Pueblo 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 Santa Clara Pueblo.
Who works in Santa Clara Pueblo, and how
Work in Santa Clara Pueblo centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Santa Clara Pueblo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Santa Clara Pueblo.
What the weather is like in Santa Clara Pueblo, month by month
Santa Clara Pueblo sees roughly 169 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 Santa Clara Pueblo
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Santa Clara Pueblo
Schools across Santa Clara Pueblo average a D, better than 13% of towns.
Top high schools
- Los Alamos HighA · 70% proficient
- Pojoaque HighB · 50% proficient
- Espanola Valley HighD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Santa Clara Pueblo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Santa Clara Pueblo 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 Santa Clara Pueblo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Santa Clara Pueblo
Is Santa Clara Pueblo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Santa Clara Pueblo ranks 43,220th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, the weather, and transit, and lowest on air quality and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Santa Clara Pueblo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,895. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $47,629 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Santa Clara Pueblo safe?
Santa Clara Pueblo is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $889 per resident a year.
Compare Santa Clara Pueblo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Santa Clara Pueblo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Santa Clara Pueblo 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.
Santa Clara Pueblo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Santa Clara Pueblo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Santa Clara Pueblo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Santa Clara Pueblo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Santa Clara Pueblo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Santa Clara Pueblo 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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