Zuni Pueblo makes New Mexico’s top 10 on 3 lists
Zuni Pueblo is ranked on 30 lists against the 72 New Mexico towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 3.
Shorter growing season than 97% of New Mexico
Not better or worse, just Zuni Pueblo’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Zuni Pueblo does best on
Each list ranks every NM town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Zuni Pueblo marked.
1 spot from the top 3 for cheap rent
Lists where Zuni Pueblo sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Zuni Pueblo lands in the top half on 5 of 17 lists
Each dot is Zuni Pueblo’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NM, the right end is last. Areas where Zuni Pueblo does best come first.
Where Zuni Pueblo lands in every NM ranking
40 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Dulce · 0.8 yrs
#5
Cheapest rent#1 Dulce · $550/mo
#4
Lowest property tax#1 Vado · $392/yr
Rent easiest to afford#1 Los Alamos · 29.8%
Health
Healthiest#1 White Rock · 99 / 100
#72
Lowest obesity#1 Eldorado at Santa Fe · 22%
#67
Fewest smokers#1 White Rock · 6%
#72
Most active#1 White Rock · 13%
#57
S
Fewest uninsured#1 Sandia Heights · 4%
#22
L
Lowest depression#1 La Mesilla · 20%
#62
P
Closest to a top hospital#1 Paradise Hills · 1.6 mi
#44 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Holloman AFB · 8.1 min
#48 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Bloomfield · 57.5%
Most trails#1 Los Alamos · 7.4 mi / sq mi
#31
P
Most walkable#1 Paradise Hills · 125 / sq mi
#64 People
S Most educated#1 Sandia Heights · 72.5% #69
Youngest#1 University Park · 20.1
#31
Oldest#1 Placitas · 64.8
#42
Most residents 65+#1 Placitas · 49.5%
#49
Most kids#1 Ranchos de Taos · 36.9%
#41 Climate
Snowiest#1 Dulce · 56 in
#33
Least snow#1 Las Cruces · 1.0 in
#36
Mildest winters#1 Santa Teresa · 32.5°
#68
Hottest summers#1 Carlsbad · 97.0°
#54
Coolest summers#1 Ruidoso · 81.7°
#18
Longest growing season#1 Chaparral · 264 days
#69
Wettest#1 Ruidoso · 20 in
#33 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Ruidoso · 43.5%
#46
Most new homes#1 Los Lunas · 14.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Rio Communities · +73.0%
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Taos · 13.3 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Bosque Farms · 61.8 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Taos · 18.6 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Corrales · 9.6
The number on the right is Zuni Pueblo’s spot. All of New Mexico’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every NM list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.