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Best places to live in Mexico

626 places and 75,428,266 residents, ranked for 29 household profiles. Regional overview: population, geography and modelled indicators for costs, schools and safety.

Municipalities626
Residents75,428,266
Regions32
Data depthBasic
10#10 Piedras Negras7#7 Ciudad Victoria6#6 Manzanillo3#3 Tehuacán2#2 Cuautla1#1 Ciudad Acuña
Young family fit across Mexico, one dot per place; numbers mark the top 10. #4, #5, #8, #9 lie outside this map (overseas).weakerbest fit not ranked

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For young families

  1. 1Ciudad Acuña
    Coahuila, 216,099 residents    71
  2. 2Cuautla
    Morelos, 157,336 residents    71
  3. 3Tehuacán
    Puebla, 248,716 residents    71
  4. 4Cuauhtémoc (Chihuahua)
    Chihuahua, 168,482 residents    71
  5. 5Chetumal
    Quintana Roo, 169,028 residents    71
  6. 6Manzanillo
    Colima, 159,853 residents    71
  7. 7Ciudad Victoria
    Tamaulipas, 332,100 residents    71
  8. 8Playa del Carmen
    Quintana Roo, 149,923 residents    71
  9. 9San Luis Río Colorado
    Sonora, 176,685 residents    71
  10. 10Piedras Negras
    Coahuila, 150,178 residents    71

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For retired couples

  1. 1San Miguel Coatlinchán
    State of Mexico, 22,619 residents    86
  2. 2Chapala
    Jalisco, 21,596 residents    84
  3. 3Playa del Carmen
    Quintana Roo, 149,923 residents    83
  4. 4Mazatlán
    Sinaloa, 381,583 residents    83
  5. 5San Francisco Acuautla
    State of Mexico, 27,960 residents    83
  6. 6Tulantongo
    State of Mexico, 15,584 residents    82
  7. 7Teoloyucan
    State of Mexico, 51,255 residents    82
  8. 8San Sebastián el Grande
    Jalisco, 28,138 residents    82
  9. 9San Juan Zitlaltepec
    State of Mexico, 19,600 residents    81
  10. 10Acapulco de Juárez
    Guerrero, 658,609 residents    81

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For remote workers

  1. 1Cholula
    Puebla, 292,881 residents    86
  2. 2Xochimilco
    Mexico, 442,178 residents    86
  3. 3Huixquilucan
    State of Mexico, 124,846 residents    85
  4. 4Nicolás Romero
    State of Mexico, 281,799 residents    85
  5. 5Xico (State of Mexico)
    State of Mexico, 384,327 residents    85
  6. 6Puebla (Puebla)
    Puebla, 1,692,181 residents    85
  7. 7Chalco
    State of Mexico, 168,720 residents    85
  8. 8Ciudad General Escobedo
    Nuevo León, 454,967 residents    84
  9. 9Chihuahua
    Chihuahua, 925,762 residents    84
  10. 10Coyoacán
    Mexico, 614,447 residents    84

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For commuters

  1. 1Ciudad Apodaca
    Nuevo León, 467,157 residents    93
  2. 2Ciudad General Escobedo
    Nuevo León, 454,967 residents    92
  3. 3Santa Catarina
    Nuevo León, 304,052 residents    92
  4. 4Xochimilco
    Mexico, 442,178 residents    92
  5. 5Zumpango
    State of Mexico, 280,455 residents    92
  6. 6Cholula
    Puebla, 292,881 residents    92
  7. 7Nicolás Romero
    State of Mexico, 281,799 residents    91
  8. 8Tonalá (Jalisco)
    Jalisco, 408,759 residents    91
  9. 9Ixtapaluca
    State of Mexico, 322,271 residents    91
  10. 10Chicoloapan
    State of Mexico, 172,919 residents    91

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For single professionals

  1. 1Puebla (Puebla)
    Puebla, 1,692,181 residents    91
  2. 2Gustavo Adolfo Madero
    Mexico, 1,185,772 residents    91
  3. 3Ecatepec de Morelos
    State of Mexico, 1,645,352 residents    90
  4. 4Monterrey
    Nuevo León, 1,135,512 residents    90
  5. 5Zapopan
    Jalisco, 1,476,491 residents    90
  6. 6Iztapalapa
    Mexico, 1,835,486 residents    89
  7. 7Guadalajara
    Jalisco, 1,385,629 residents    89
  8. 8Tijuana
    Baja California, 1,922,523 residents    89
  9. 9Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
    State of Mexico, 1,077,208 residents    89
  10. 10León de los Aldama
    Guanajuato, 1,579,803 residents    88

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Ciudad Apodaca
    Nuevo León, 467,157 residents    81
  2. 2Zumpango
    State of Mexico, 280,455 residents    80
  3. 3Cholula
    Puebla, 292,881 residents    80
  4. 4Ciudad General Escobedo
    Nuevo León, 454,967 residents    80
  5. 5Santa Catarina
    Nuevo León, 304,052 residents    80
  6. 6Chicoloapan
    State of Mexico, 172,919 residents    79
  7. 7Huixquilucan
    State of Mexico, 124,846 residents    79
  8. 8Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos
    Mexico, 160,491 residents    79
  9. 9Nicolás Romero
    State of Mexico, 281,799 residents    79
  10. 10Xochimilco
    Mexico, 442,178 residents    78

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