Safest Neighborhoods in Las Cruces, NM

Located 7 miles from Las Cruces, Picacho Hills offers custom homes with mountain views near the Picacho Hills Country Club. “The neighborhood is perched up on a hill, and it has breathtaking panoramic views of the Organ Mountains,” says Yvonne Rodriguez, a Realtor with Prosper Real Estate who’s sold homes in Las Cruces since 2001. With one road

Located on the southeastern edge of Las Cruces, 6 miles from downtown, Las Alturas has spacious lots in the desert landscape just east of New Mexico State University. “Las Alturas is known primarily for having homes on big, oversized lots,” says Yvonne Rodriguez, a Realtor with Prosper Real Estate who’s sold homes in Las Cruces since 2001. “Most

Set about 6 miles from Downtown Las Cruces and about 3 miles from the colorful Old Mesilla village, San Pablo sits in a small pocket on the southern outskirts of the city. “It’s a small, older agricultural community filled with Adobe homes,” says Raul Tellez, Realtor with Select Realty. “Timber is grown nearby at the Dixie Ranch Tree Farm off of

Located on the northeastern edge of Las Cruces in the popular Sonoma Ranch area, The Pueblos at Alameda Ranch is a gated community with open spaces and views of the Organ Mountains. “It’s very family-oriented, and there are a lot of retirees too,” says Peggy Stevenson, a Realtor and associate broker with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate

Located 6 miles from Downtown Las Cruces, Sonoma Ranch East has the largest variety of housing options in the Sonoma Ranch community, an area popular for its proximity to hospitals, schools and shopping. “Sonoma Ranch has this fame of being a high-luxury area,” says Manny Patino, a Realtor with Patino Real Estate who’s sold homes in Las Cruces for

Situated 5 miles from Downtown Las Cruces, Villages on Northrise is a hilly suburb close to popular shopping and dining. “It’s a hilltop neighborhood,” says Kerry Clements, a broker with Exit Realty Horizons who’s sold in the area for over 2 years. “You have elevated views of the city, and depending on your location, you can see the Organ

While Sonoma Ranch is known primarily as a golf course community, its custom homes and central location make it popular with both families and retirees. “It's built around the Sonoma Ranch Golf Course, which is spread throughout the neighborhood, so most homes have views of the course and the mountains,” says Peggy Stevenson, a Realtor and

With its horse pastures and pecan groves, San Ysidro offers a taste of country living only 3 miles from Downtown Las Cruces. Many of the area’s homes sit on several acres and use the land to keep livestock or grow food; there are also subdivisions with sidewalk-lined streets and cul-de-sacs. “What makes this area desirable is the agricultural land

High Range is appropriately named, given its hilly streets and mountain views, near miles of green fairways at the Sonoma Ranch Golf Course. “The Sonoma Ranch area is considered the nicest in Las Cruces,” says Raul Tellez, lifelong Las Cruces resident and Owner/Realtor with Select Realty Las Cruces. “It's luxurious, well-maintained, and only about

Set among pecan orchards and farmland in western Las Cruces, Fairacres maintains a country feel while offering convenient access to the city’s amenities. “It’s a multigenerational area,” says Steve Montanez, president and CEO of New Mexico Properties who’s sold homes here for 12 years. “People stay here for a long time, and houses rarely go for

Tortugas, also known as Tortugas Pueblo, is small, a semi-secluded neighborhood set just across Interstate 10 from New Mexico State University. For generations, the Indigenous Piro, Manso and Tiwa tribes have called this land – which predates the city of Las Cruces itself – home. “It's not a reservation,” says Hilary Dutcher, Destination

The East Mesa community rests about 10 miles east of central Las Cruces, in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert. Spacious lots provide room to keep horses and privacy for people who “like their neighbors but don’t want to look across the fence at them,” says Doug Jones, Realtor with Saenz & Smith Real Estate, who has spent most of his life in Las

Country Club Estates is an established community in northern Las Cruces, centrally located near shops, schools and parks. Most of the homes were built more than 50 years ago, but new housing and retail developments in the area are bringing some revitalization. Proximity to major thoroughfares allows for relatively smooth travel around Las Cruces

Doña Ana is a historic village that served as a stop along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, an old silver trade route that once connected Mexico City to Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. Today, travelers pass by along Interstate 25, and they might overlook the small community unless they are coming to visit the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Catholic