Quality of life in Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, healthcare and environmental quality.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, healthcare and environmental quality.
Large apartment | $1200.00 |
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Medium apartment | $950.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.72 |
Small apartment | $760.00 |
5km taxi ride | $9.20 |
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A Cappuccino | $4.50 |
A beer | $2.90 |
A kilogram of Apples | $2.80 |
Bread | $0.89 |
Inflation [score] | 0.61 |
Lunch | $12.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $52.00 |
Monthly public transport | $37.00 |
Movie ticket | $11.00 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $62.51 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 1 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.20 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.39 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 8 |
Meetups [score] | 0.19 |
Meetups groups | 38 |
Meetups members | 8682 |
Number of investors | 15 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 431 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 16 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.37 |
Startup events | 149 |
Startup events [score] | 0.73 |
Startups [score] | 0.55 |
Total number of startups | 87 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.15 |
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Airport hub | 23 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.18 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.11 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/United_States/Albuquerque |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.79 |
Business freedom | 84.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.86 |
Freedom from corruption | 74.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.79 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 91.40 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 1.00 |
Time to open a business | 5.60 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.95 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.17 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 16 |
Guns per 100 residents | 328 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.57 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.10 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.34 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.99 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.80 |
Life expectancy (years) | 79.28 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.76 |
Best university in ranking | University of New Mexico |
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Best university ranking | 375 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 478.04 |
Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 497.58 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 497.41 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 30 |
PISA ranking | 24 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.72 |
PISA reading (high school) | 16 |
PISA science (high school) | 19 |
Percent of happy students | 0.77 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.26 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.17 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.18 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.09 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.07 |
University quality [score] | 0.11 |
Air quality [score] | 0.92 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.59 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.67 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.74 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 1.00 |
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Currency for urban area | USD |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.43 |
GDP per capita | $54596.65 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.87 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.54 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.33 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.44 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 175 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.07 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 56.48 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.67 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.41 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 9.20 |
Art galleries | 127 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.54 |
Cinemas | 59 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.50 |
Comedy clubs | 12 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.54 |
Concert venues | 99 |
Concerts [score] | 0.49 |
Historical sites | 30 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.53 |
Museums | 35 |
Museums [score] | 0.44 |
Performing art venues | 101 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.51 |
Sport venues | 10 |
Sports [score] | 0.53 |
Zoos | 2 |
Zoos [score] | 0.76 |
LGBT Equality Index | 93.13 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.96 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | Ambiguous |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.45 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.60 |
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Median peak in meters | 2016.00 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 1510.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.10 |
Costs of living in Albuquerque are in the 107th place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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Albuquerque is a vibrant, sprawling city near the center of New Mexico. Cradled in the Rio Grande Valley beneath the Sandia Mountains, it is by far the largest city in the state, acting as the media, educational, and economic center of New Mexico, as well as the home of the state's only major airport, making it a common entry point into New Mexico. Despite this, Albuquerque is often overshadowed as a tourist destination by Santa Fe, 60 mi (97 km) to the north.
But any visit to New Mexico would be incomplete without taking in what Albuquerque has to offer, as New Mexico's only major city has pleasant scenery, colorful history, and a wealth of great attractions in its own right. Here, in a setting that has been made familiar to many by the television series Breaking Bad, you'll find many excellent museums, colorful neon signs along old Route 66, the naturalistic beauty of the Rio Grande and the Sandia Mountains, and a spectacular hot-air balloon festival in the fall.
Albuquerque was founded in 1706 as a small Spanish settlement on the banks of the Rio Grande and was named for the Duke of Alburquerque (hence Albuquerque's nickname, "The Duke City"). In the 1880s the railroad came to town, and almost overnight a new city grew up around the train tracks a couple of miles away from the original settlement. This "New Town" became the hub of commerce for the state, and the city grew exponentially (eventually the "New Town", which today is Downtown, and the original "Old Town" settlement were joined to become part of the same city).
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