Best PlacesTres Piedras, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tres Piedras, 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.
Tres Piedras ranks 42,447th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tres Piedras
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.
Tres Piedras' strengths and weaknesses
Where Tres Piedras ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
Where Tres Piedras ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$44,973 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tres Piedras
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tres Piedras home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $44,973, 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 Tres Piedras' effective rate of 0.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Tres Piedras
Tres Piedras's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tres Piedras.
Who works in Tres Piedras, and how
Work in Tres Piedras centers on admin & support services and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Tres Piedras
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tres Piedras.
What the weather is like in Tres Piedras, month by month
Tres Piedras sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 25° | 10° |
| April | 65° | 47° | 27° |
| July | 88° | 70° | 51° |
| October | 68° | 48° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Tres Piedras
The nearest airport, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tres Piedras
Schools across Tres Piedras average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top high schools
- Taos HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tres Piedras school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tres Piedras 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 Tres Piedras against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tres Piedras
Is Tres Piedras a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tres Piedras ranks 42,447th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, the weather, 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 Tres Piedras expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $323,867. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $44,973 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Tres Piedras safe?
Tres Piedras is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,309 per resident a year.
Compare Tres Piedras with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tres Piedras. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tres Piedras 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.
Tres Piedras detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tres Piedras: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tres Piedras: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tres Piedras: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tres Piedras: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tres Piedras 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.
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