Best PlacesWeed, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weed, 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.
Weed ranks 37,076th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Weed
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.
Weed's strengths and weaknesses
Where Weed ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 200 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
Where Weed ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weed
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weed home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,829, 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 Weed's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Weed
Weed 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 Weed.
Who works in Weed, and how
Work in Weed centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Weed
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Weed.
What the weather is like in Weed, month by month
Weed sees roughly 200 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 42° | 29° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 47° |
| July | 96° | 82° | 69° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Weed
The nearest airport, Roswell Air Center, is about 66 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Weed
Schools across Weed average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cloudcroft ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cloudcroft MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Alamogordo HighB− · 43% proficient
- Alta Vista Early College High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Cloudcroft HighB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weed school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weed 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 Weed against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weed
Is Weed a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weed ranks 37,076th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Weed expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,861. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $72,829 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Weed safe?
Weed is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $875 per resident a year.
Compare Weed with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weed. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weed 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.
Weed detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weed: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weed: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weed: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weed: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weed 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.