Best PlacesTinnie, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tinnie, 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.
Tinnie ranks 34,587th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tinnie
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.
Tinnie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tinnie ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 191 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Short commute23.0 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
Where Tinnie ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tinnie
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tinnie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,627, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Tinnie's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Tinnie
Tinnie runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tinnie.
Who works in Tinnie, and how
Work in Tinnie centers on construction and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tinnie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tinnie.
What the weather is like in Tinnie, month by month
Tinnie sees roughly 191 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Tinnie
The nearest airport, Roswell Air Center, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tinnie
Schools across Tinnie average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Corona ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Berrendo ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- El Capitan ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Berrendo MiddleC · 34% proficient
- Sierra MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Corona HighB · 50% proficient
- Goddard HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Capitan HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tinnie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tinnie 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 Tinnie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tinnie
Is Tinnie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tinnie ranks 34,587th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, the weather, and quiet, and lowest on biking and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tinnie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $365,404. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $56,627 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Tinnie safe?
Tinnie is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $731 per resident a year.
Compare Tinnie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tinnie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tinnie 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.
Tinnie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tinnie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tinnie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tinnie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tinnie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tinnie 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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