Albuquerque, NM

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Albuquerque ranks

• #5 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 85.3
• #10 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 78.5
• #11 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 89.0
• #12 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 70.0
• #25 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 60.4
• #37 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 58.6
• #45 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 53.0
• #71 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 27.9
• #75 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 21.3

Local facts

Median household income

$65,604

Median rent

$1,085 / mo

Median home value

$266,700

Median age

38.7

Unemployment

5.3%

Bachelor's degree or higher

38.7%

Poverty rate

16.0%

Renter-occupied homes

38.5%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

199

Students enrolled

86,674

Students per teacher

13.9 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

68.8%

Charter schools

27.1%

School districts serving the city

28

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Districts: Albuquerque Public Schools, Juvenile Justice, Mission Achievement And Success, Nm School For The Blind And Visually Impaired, Sequoyah

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

33.2%

No leisure-time physical activity

22.7%

Adults with diabetes

10.2%

Adults who smoke

12.5%

Frequent mental distress

16.7%

Sleeping under 7 hours

31.3%

Adults without health insurance

14.7%

Routine checkup in past year

65.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

90.9%

Share of city that is parkland

18.3%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

14.0

Median air quality index (county)

58

Unhealthy air days (county)

21

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

88.7%

Households with no internet

8.1%

Average commute

22.2 min

Work from home

12.8%

Commute by transit

1.3%

Commute on foot

1.9%

Commute by bike

0.9%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Bernalillo County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 2 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Winter weather: very high
• Earthquake: relatively moderate
• Lightning: very high
• Riverine flooding: relatively high

ZIP codes

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