Best PlacesTurley, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Turley, 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.
Turley ranks 29,124th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Turley
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.
Turley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Turley ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 162 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 75% of towns
Where Turley ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Turley
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Turley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,350, 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 Turley's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Turley
Turley runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Turley.
Who works in Turley, and how
Work in Turley centers on mining & oil & gas and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Turley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Turley.
What the weather is like in Turley, month by month
Turley sees roughly 162 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 31° | 18° |
| April | 71° | 53° | 34° |
| July | 96° | 79° | 61° |
| October | 73° | 54° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Turley
The nearest airport, Durango-La Plata County, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Turley
Schools across Turley average a C−, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mccoy Avenue ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Park Avenue ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Bloomfield HighC · 31% proficient
- Aztec HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Turley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Turley 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 Turley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Turley
Is Turley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Turley ranks 29,124th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Turley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $215,935. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $76,350 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Turley safe?
Turley is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $586 per resident a year.
Compare Turley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Turley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Turley 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.
Turley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Turley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Turley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Turley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Turley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Turley 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.