Best PlacesTruchas, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Truchas, 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.
Truchas ranks 46,477th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Truchas
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.
Truchas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Truchas ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 195 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
Where Truchas ranks low
- Short commute47.4 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Truchas
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Truchas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $59,178, 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 Truchas' effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Truchas
Truchas 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 Truchas.
Who works in Truchas, and how
Work in Truchas centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Truchas
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Truchas.
What the weather is like in Truchas, month by month
Truchas sees roughly 195 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 Truchas
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Truchas
Schools across Truchas average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top high schools
- Pojoaque HighB · 50% proficient
- Penasco HighC · 31% proficient
- Espanola Valley HighD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Truchas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Truchas 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 Truchas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Truchas
Is Truchas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Truchas ranks 46,477th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low property taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on long commutes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Truchas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,000. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $59,178 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Truchas safe?
Truchas is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,012 per resident a year.
Compare Truchas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Truchas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Truchas 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.
Truchas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Truchas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Truchas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Truchas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Truchas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Truchas 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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