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Best value cities in New Mexico

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Best value” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Chaparral, NM18k residents

    73/100

    cost of living index: 70 · median home price: $109,300 · median household income: $46,017

  2. 2.Deming, NM15k residents

    69/100

    cost of living index: 71 · median home price: $127,400 · median household income: $34,165

  3. 3.Sunland Park, NM17k residents

    68/100

    cost of living index: 78 · median home price: $215,200 · median household income: $62,814

  4. 4.Roswell, NM48k residents

    67/100

    cost of living index: 76 · median home price: $152,600 · median household income: $51,583

  5. 5.Alamogordo, NM31k residents

    67/100

    cost of living index: 77 · median home price: $172,900 · median household income: $55,952

  6. 6.Gallup, NM21k residents

    66/100

    cost of living index: 78 · median home price: $165,200 · median household income: $58,303

  7. 7.Farmington, NM46k residents

    63/100

    cost of living index: 82 · median home price: $233,000 · median household income: $68,784

  8. 8.Hobbs, NM40k residents

    63/100

    cost of living index: 81 · median home price: $191,300 · median household income: $64,021

  9. 9.Clovis, NM38k residents

    63/100

    cost of living index: 79 · median home price: $169,400 · median household income: $54,820

  10. 10.South Valley, NM37k residents

    62/100

    cost of living index: 81 · median home price: $224,300 · median household income: $58,224

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is the best value in New Mexico?
Chaparral, NM ranks first with a fit score of 73/100, followed by Deming (69) and Sunland Park (68), using the "Best value" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.