HoodEx has analyzed 2 neighborhoods in Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico. The average livability score across Mexico City is 7/10, measured across nature, community, housing, connectivity and quality of daily life. Polanco 4ª Sección currently ranks highest at 7.0/10. Compare every analyzed area below, or run your own AI report for any Mexico City address.
Mexico City sits on a high plateau in a mountain-rimmed valley, built over the drained basin of an ancient lake. Its vast footprint mixes a gridded historic core with outward sprawl that climbs surrounding slopes. The built environment ranges from older low-rise housing to newer concrete and glass towers, with quality and upkeep diverging sharply between districts. An extensive metro and bus network anchors daily movement, though roads fill with cars and buses during peak hours. The mild, spring-like climate brings a rainy summer season and cool evenings after sundown. Street life and commerce are robust, yet parks and tree cover remain limited across much of the urban fabric, leaving greenery concentrated and scarce. The gap in physical conditions between the measured areas is wider than in livability overall, suggesting residents choose between distinct neighborhood characters rather than between better and worse infrastructure.
Across the 2 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Mexico City, the average livability score is 7.0 out of 10 — strong. That places Mexico City 16th of the 26 cities measured so far, in line with the 7.0 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is Polanco 4ª Sección at 7.0/10; the lowest is Roma at 7.0/10. A gap of only 0.0 points means Mexico City is fairly even: most areas offer a similar standard, and the choice comes down to what kind of place you want rather than how good it is. 2 of the 2 areas score 7 or better.
Averaged across Mexico City: nature 4.4, anthropos 7.7, shells 7.5, society 7.2 and networks 8.2, each out of 10.
Mexico City's strongest dimension is networks — transport and walkability — at 8.2/10, 0.4 above the 7.8 average for that pillar. The weakest is nature — greenery and environmental quality — at 4.4/10, 1.2 below the 5.6 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
Against the other 26 measured cities, Mexico City ranks 3rd for anthropos.
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Every HoodEx neighborhood is scored from 0 to 10 across five dimensions drawn from the Ekistics framework for human settlements. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall livability score.
HoodEx has analyzed 2 neighborhoods in Mexico City. New areas are added whenever someone runs an analysis for a local address.
The average overall livability score across analyzed Mexico City neighborhoods is 7/10, blended from our five scoring categories — in line with the 7.0 average across the 26 cities HoodEx has measured.
Polanco 4ª Sección currently has the highest overall livability score in Mexico City at 7.0/10, 0.0 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, Roma (7.0/10).
Every neighborhood is scored 0–10 across five categories — Nature, Anthropos, Shells, Society and Networks — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall livability score.
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Scores update as new analyses are run and community feedback comes in. Each individual neighborhood page shows when it was last updated.