Best PlacesVictory Hills, Albuquerque, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Victory Hills, Albuquerque, 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.
Victory Hills, Albuquerque ranks 4,401st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on short commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Victory Hills, Albuquerque
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.
Victory Hills, Albuquerque's strengths and weaknesses
Where Victory Hills, Albuquerque ranks high
- Short commute18.7 minutes each way, better than 86% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$853 a month, better than 81% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 70% of neighborhoods
Where Victory Hills, Albuquerque ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Household income$47,227 median, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Victory Hills, Albuquerque
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Victory Hills, Albuquerque home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $47,227, 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 Victory Hills, Albuquerque's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Victory Hills, Albuquerque
Victory Hills, Albuquerque runs younger 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 Victory Hills, Albuquerque.
Who works in Victory Hills, Albuquerque, and how
Work in Victory Hills, Albuquerque centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Victory Hills, Albuquerque
Victory Hills, Albuquerque has more parkland per resident than 89% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Victory Hills, Albuquerque and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Victory Hills, Albuquerque, month by month
Victory Hills, Albuquerque sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 37° | 24° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 42° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 67° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Victory Hills, Albuquerque
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 2 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 69 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Victory Hills, Albuquerque
Schools across Victory Hills, Albuquerque average a C+, better than 68% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Nex Gen AcademyA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Victory Hills, Albuquerque school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Victory Hills, Albuquerque 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 Victory Hills, Albuquerque against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Victory Hills, Albuquerque
Is Victory Hills, Albuquerque a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Victory Hills, Albuquerque ranks 4,401st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, the weather, and affordable childcare, and lowest on internet speeds and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Victory Hills, Albuquerque expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $286,857. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $47,227 median income, cost of living beats 20% of neighborhoods.
Is Victory Hills, Albuquerque safe?
Victory Hills, Albuquerque is safer than 14% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,032 per resident a year.
Compare Victory Hills, Albuquerque with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Victory Hills, Albuquerque. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Victory Hills, Albuquerque 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.
Victory Hills, Albuquerque detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Victory Hills, Albuquerque: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Victory Hills, Albuquerque: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Victory Hills, Albuquerque: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Victory Hills, Albuquerque: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Victory Hills, Albuquerque 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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