Best PlacesVillanueva, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Villanueva, 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.
Villanueva ranks 48,561st 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 Villanueva
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.
Villanueva's strengths and weaknesses
Where Villanueva ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 162 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
Where Villanueva ranks low
- Short commute49.1 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$30,922 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Villanueva
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Villanueva home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $30,922, 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 Villanueva's effective rate of 0.35%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Villanueva
Villanueva 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 Villanueva.
Who works in Villanueva, and how
Work in Villanueva centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Villanueva
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Villanueva.
What the weather is like in Villanueva, month by month
Villanueva sees roughly 162 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 30° | 18° |
| April | 66° | 49° | 32° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 56° |
| October | 68° | 51° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Villanueva
The nearest airport, Santa Fe Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 72 miles away.
Villanueva 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 Villanueva against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Villanueva
Is Villanueva a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Villanueva ranks 48,561st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and low property taxes, 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 Villanueva expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $114,337. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $30,922 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Villanueva safe?
Villanueva is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,382 per resident a year.
Compare Villanueva with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Villanueva. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Villanueva 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.
Villanueva detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Villanueva: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Villanueva: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Villanueva: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Villanueva: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Villanueva 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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