Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical New Mexico town. A town of 8,484, settled in 1885.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Where it does best is health (A−): residents are healthier than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Safety is a strength too (A−): it reports less crime per resident than just over three quarters of U.S. towns. Its weakest is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $701K, 9.9 years of the Albuquerque metro’s $71K median household income. Schools are weaker too: its schools rank behind 60% of the state's. The overall grade lands at B−, better than 54% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 5th of 72 in New Mexico. Only 6 of New Mexico’s 62 towns score higher on civic life.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · FBI crime data, 2025 · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results.
Where Corrales beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Corrales | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 20.9% |
Where Corrales’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Corrales is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,791 in 1980, 8,493 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1995 and 6 maps from 1934 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Corrales. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Stadium & arenaUniversity Stadium
5 mi National MonumentPetroglyph National Monument311K visitors a year
6 mi Stadium & arenaRio Rancho Events Center
35 mi National MonumentBandelier National Monument248K visitors a year
11 mi TheatreKiMo Theater
11 mi Stadium & arenaTingley ColiseumUniversity Stadium: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Petroglyph National Monument: Unknown, Public domain · Rio Rancho Events Center: Maryabm2009, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bandelier National Monument: Andrew Dunn (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.0 · KiMo Theater: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tingley Coliseum: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Corrales, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Corrales.
Corrales fares better on crime within New Mexico than nationally and has household incomes well above the New Mexico norm, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Mexico.
At 9.9 years of the Albuquerque metro’s $71K median household income, the typical home (about $701K) costs more against local pay than in 99% of New Mexico towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $3,554, against $1,731 across New Mexico, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 2.3% in value. Among households in Corrales, 91% are owner-occupiers. A home in Corrales typically sold within 32 days of listing.
| Corrales | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,143 a month | $936 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Albuquerque school district. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. 378 students attend Corrales’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corrales ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–7 | Grades K–7 | 378 | – |
| Sandia View Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 47 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NM on state tests and graduation
Only 3 of the 70 New Mexico towns we compare have a higher trail network density than Corrales. 52 miles of trail.
| Corrales | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 4.8 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 4% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Among adults in Corrales, 28% feel lonely and 8.4% smoke cigarettes. Just over one in ten adults report frequent mental distress in the town, where New Mexico’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 17%. In Corrales, 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours. Only 3 of the 73 New Mexico towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Corrales.
| Corrales | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 14% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 23% | 14% |
| What stands out | Corrales | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 20.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.1% | 16.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.1% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 9.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 100% of New Mexico’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 8 reported in 2025, 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
In Corrales, the rate of thefts and burglaries is 3.3 per 1,000 residents, below both the New Mexico town median (16.4) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). Corrales’ violent offense rate is 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Corrales | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.3 per 1,000 residents | 16.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 4.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
31.9% of workers work from home, against 12.2% across New Mexico.
The middle household income for Corrales comes to $102,000. Most working residents leave Corrales for work: only 7% work in town. Jobs based in Corrales grew to 1,139 in 2023, 259 more than in 2013. Among 73 New Mexico towns, just 6 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Corrales.
| Corrales | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.7% | 15% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Corrales after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2022. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 51% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts nearly three quarters of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to earthquakes. Also worth knowing: the national flood insurance program has paid 9 claims locally since 1980.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4 within 15 miles of the center of Corrales
About 5 of every 100 Corrales residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico.
Village in New Mexico, United States
Corrales is a village in southern Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. First farmed by Tiquex Pueblo people, chosen due to its proximity to the Rio Grande, as documented by Hispano farmers of Nuevo México in the late 1500s. Despite being a part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area, the village maintains its rural character, while also being surrounded by the cities of Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. As of the 2020 census, Corrales had a population of 8,493. The Rio Grande Bosque on the eastern edge of the village provides refuge for native animals and plants, and ancient Pueblo and Hispano acequias continue to be maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resourc…
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2 towns share a border with Corrales.
| Town | NM rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrales | #5 | B− | C− | A− | C+ | A− |
| Rio Rancho | #3 | B | C | C | A | A− |
| Albuquerque | #44 | C− | C− | D− | C+ | B |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Corrales grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #5 of 72 in New Mexico. It grades A− for health, A− for safety and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
