Best PlacesTruth Or Consequences, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Truth Or Consequences, 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.
Truth Or Consequences ranks 40,949th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Truth Or Consequences
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.
Truth Or Consequences' strengths and weaknesses
Where Truth Or Consequences ranks high
- Short commute11.3 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 85% of towns
Where Truth Or Consequences ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$35,917 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Truth Or Consequences
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Truth Or Consequences home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $35,917, 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 Truth Or Consequences' effective rate of 0.62%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Truth Or Consequences
Truth Or Consequences 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 Truth Or Consequences.
Who works in Truth Or Consequences, and how
Work in Truth Or Consequences centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Truth Or Consequences
Truth Or Consequences has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Truth Or Consequences and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Truth Or Consequences, month by month
Truth Or Consequences sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 42° | 28° |
| April | 80° | 64° | 46° |
| July | 97° | 82° | 69° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Truth Or Consequences
The nearest airport, Grant County, is about 63 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 137 miles away.
Truth Or Consequences 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 Truth Or Consequences against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Truth Or Consequences
Is Truth Or Consequences a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Truth Or Consequences ranks 40,949th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Truth Or Consequences expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,510. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $35,917 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Truth Or Consequences safe?
Truth Or Consequences is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $876 per resident a year.
Compare Truth Or Consequences with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Truth Or Consequences. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Truth Or Consequences 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.
Truth Or Consequences detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Truth Or Consequences: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Truth Or Consequences: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Truth Or Consequences: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Truth Or Consequences: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Truth Or Consequences 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.