2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Rio Rancho, NM vs Albuquerque, NM

#10 The Most Single Cities

#15 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

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#29 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#41 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#42 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#45 2005 Best Places to Live

#50 2005 High Gas Prices

#51 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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#70 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#83 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#92 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#128 Best Green Cities

#10 The Most Single Cities

#15 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#26 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#29 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#41 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#42 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#45 2005 Best Places to Live

#50 2005 High Gas Prices

#51 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#62 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#65 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#70 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#83 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#92 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#128 Best Green Cities

I have lived in the area for the past three years with my husband. Although vastly better than Albuquerque, this is not a safe area. We have had overt and petty crime on  More

The pros: -Fairly good year-round weather. Sunny days outnumber cloudy days, there are days when the temps fall below freezing and the sun will still be shining. It's  More

Affordable housing, low crime (compared to Albuquerque), awesome weather with all 4 seasons, beautiful environment and some pretty awesome people. I love Rio Rancho,  More

We made reservations for hotel and flights for a convention located in Old Town Albuquerque NM. When preparing for our trip we found that the city of Albuquerque has no  More

i'm from albuquerque. born here, raised in denver, moved back at 11. it's cool, there's a lot of great restaurants, the people are friendly, the vibe is laid-back, it's  More

I love Albuquerque! It’s an interesting place with a lot of history and interesting things to  More