Best PlacesTierra Oeste, Albuquerque, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque ranks 952nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Walkability pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque
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.
Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,044, 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 Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque's effective rate of 0.97%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque
Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque 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 Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque.
Who works in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque, and how
Work in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque.
What the weather is like in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque, month by month
Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque sees roughly 162 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 33° | 20° |
| April | 71° | 54° | 36° |
| July | 92° | 77° | 60° |
| October | 72° | 56° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 9 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 Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque
Schools across Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque average a C+, better than 66% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Nex Gen AcademyA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque 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 Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque
Is Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque ranks 952nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on what local pay buys, low disaster risk, and quiet, and lowest on walkability and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $351,959. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $117,044 median income, cost of living beats 90% of neighborhoods.
Is Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque safe?
Yes, Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque is safer than 87% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $324 per resident a year.
Compare Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque 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.
Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tierra Oeste, Albuquerque 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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