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Place dossier plate
SheetNM-EL-VALLE-DE-ARROYO-SECO-NM · El Valle de Arroyo Seco, NM 1,602 pop · income 49th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around El Valle de Arroyo Seco
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest El Valle de Arroyo Seco on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fayette · lowest
25,383
Fayette · lowest
25,383 median HH income
15.2% of the leader · rank #1
Balfour · near
69,545
Balfour · near
69,545 median HH income
41.7% of the leader · rank #2
Springdale · near
69,545
Springdale · near
69,545 median HH income
41.7% of the leader · rank #3
Nevada City · near
69,552
Nevada City · near
69,552 median HH income
41.7% of the leader · rank #4
El Valle de A… · this city
69,556
El Valle de A… · this city
69,556 median HH income
41.7% of the leader · rank #5
Lindsborg · near
69,559
Lindsborg · near
69,559 median HH income
41.7% of the leader · rank #6
Tano Road · highest
166,649
Tano Road · highest
166,649 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for El Valle de Arroyo Seco on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,602.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, El Valle de Arroyo Seco lands in the 49th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
49th
percentile, household income
47th
percentile, home value
39th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: El Valle de Arroyo Seco, NM
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,602 residents in El Valle de Arroyo Seco, a small town within New Mexico. The typical household in El Valle de Arroyo Seco brings in $69,556 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.0%. El Valle de Arroyo Seco's housing stock carries a median value of $214,400, and the median resident age is 41.1 years. 29.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 53.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in New Mexico run below the national norm: the state registers 92.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,129 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Mexico run around $167, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for El Valle de Arroyo Seco workers runs 21.2 minutes, with 85.2% driving alone and 14.8% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 58.9 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of El Valle de Arroyo Seco's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For El Valle de Arroyo Seco, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in El Valle de Arroyo Seco?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 85.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.2 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for El Valle de Arroyo Seco?
Within New Mexico, the closest population matches are Barton (1,601 residents, $83,849 income); South River (1,594 residents, $56,307 income); Elephant Butte (1,586 residents, $45,179 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Greenville, IN (1,602 residents); Fayette, MS (1,602 residents); Lockney, TX (1,602 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in El Valle de Arroyo Seco?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Below median income · poverty 6.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, New Mexico average
C+
City profile score · El Valle de Arroyo Seco, NM
60/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
92.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate C
6.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C
29.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$69,556
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
El Valle de Arroyo Seco profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 77/100 (B+) · 92.2 index
Poverty rate: 59/100 (C) · 6.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 57/100 (C) · 29.5%
Household income: 49/100 (D) · $69,556
How does El Valle de Arroyo Seco compare to other US cities?
Where El Valle de Arroyo Seco sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income49% higher than other cities
Home value47% pricier than other cities
Median rent39% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares El Valle de Arroyo Seco against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Mexico only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Mexico-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places El Valle de Arroyo Seco near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, El Valle de Arroyo Seco ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares El Valle de Arroyo Seco only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#104 of 324
68th percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Median Home Value
#130 of 324
60th percentile in New Mexico
Poverty Rate
#269 of 408
34th percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#109 of 409
73rd percentile in New Mexico
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Mexico only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
49th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How El Valle de Arroyo Seco's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$214,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 53% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
El Valle de Arroyo Seco's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,114 of 15,516
More affordable than 54% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,947 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.1×, El Valle de Arroyo Seco sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,114 of 15,516 and #5,947 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$69,556El Valle de Arroyo Seco, NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context El Valle de Arroyo Seco, NM median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for El Valle de Arroyo Seco, NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)53.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,602
Median Income
$69,556
Median Home Value
$214,400
Median Age
41.1
Poverty Rate
6.0%
Labor force participation
53.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.2 minutes
Drive Alone
85.2%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
14.8%
Based on 770 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Mexico statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $167
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Mexico at $167 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are New Mexico statewide averages, not a meter reading for El Valle de Arroyo Seco. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Mexico's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.2 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around El Valle de Arroyo Seco is $1,129/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Mexico statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 58.9 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Mexico statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county El Valle de Arroyo Seco sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How El Valle de Arroyo Seco compares to similar-size New Mexico cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.