Ranked for Walkable City Living
Best Places to Live in New Mexico for Walkable City Living
Dense, walkable, connected, diverse metros Ranked by how well each place fits the Walkable City Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.
Top 11 places
- #1Santa FePopulation 87,617 · solid overall livability100% match
- #2AlbuquerquePopulation 562,551 · mixed overall livability81% match
- #3South ValleyPopulation 37,601 · mixed overall livability72% match
- #4AlamogordoPopulation 30,996 · solid overall livability64% match
- #5Las CrucesPopulation 111,273 · mixed overall livability58% match
- #6Rio RanchoPopulation 104,351 · solid overall livability58% match
- #7FarmingtonPopulation 46,457 · mixed overall livability53% match
- #8ClovisPopulation 38,453 · mixed overall livability42% match
- #9RoswellPopulation 48,035 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #10HobbsPopulation 39,782 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #11CarlsbadPopulation 31,755 · mixed overall livability31% match
Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.
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