10 Best Places to Retire in New Mexico

3. Los Ranchos De Albuquerque

Retirement Score: 53

Cost of Living: 36% more expensive than the U.S. average

Physicians per Capita: 381

Crime Rates: 37

Residents Aged 65 and Over: 18,9

Just like Corrales, Los Ranchos has a problem with upcoming urbanization. The city seems perfect for retirees, having dense vegetation and slower pace of life, but this idyllic surrounding is in danger since the neighboring city of Albuquerque is trying to expand itself too close to the village.

2. Ruidoso

Retirement Score: 54

Cost of Living: 9% more expensive than the U.S. average

Physicians per Capita: 151

Crime Rates: 47

Residents Aged 65 and Over: 23,7%

Ruidoso is one of the fastest growing cities in New Mexico at the moment, with new resident coming almost all the time, so you can be a part of the movement. Also, if it means something, Neil Patrick Harris grew up here and turned out just fine.