Best PlacesZuni Pueblo, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Zuni Pueblo, 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.
Zuni Pueblo ranks 47,238th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Zuni Pueblo
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.
Zuni Pueblo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Zuni Pueblo ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Zuni Pueblo ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,879 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Zuni Pueblo
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Zuni Pueblo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,879, 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 a national 0.90% effective rate, since no local rate is published, 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 Zuni Pueblo
Zuni Pueblo's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Zuni Pueblo.
Who works in Zuni Pueblo, and how
Work in Zuni Pueblo centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Zuni Pueblo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Zuni Pueblo.
What the weather is like in Zuni Pueblo, month by month
Zuni Pueblo sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 29° | 12° |
| April | 69° | 50° | 28° |
| July | 92° | 74° | 54° |
| October | 72° | 51° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Zuni Pueblo
The nearest airport, Show Low Regional, is about 86 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Zuni Pueblo
Schools across Zuni Pueblo average a D+, better than 23% of towns.
Top high schools
- Miyamura High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Zuni Pueblo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Zuni Pueblo 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 Zuni Pueblo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Zuni Pueblo
Is Zuni Pueblo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Zuni Pueblo ranks 47,238th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and low disaster risk, and lowest on thin health care access and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Zuni Pueblo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $87,980. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $40,879 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Zuni Pueblo safe?
Zuni Pueblo is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,070 per resident a year.
Compare Zuni Pueblo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Zuni Pueblo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Zuni Pueblo 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.
Zuni Pueblo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Zuni Pueblo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Zuni Pueblo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Zuni Pueblo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Zuni Pueblo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Zuni Pueblo 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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