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Place dossier plate
SheetNM-ENCANTADO-NM · Encantado, NM 140 pop · income 98th 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 Encantado
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Encantado on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Gough · lowest
13,826
Gough · lowest
13,826 median HH income
7.0% of the leader · rank #1
Green Harbor · near
195,930
Green Harbor · near
195,930 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Encantado · this city
196,058
Encantado · this city
196,058 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Weddington · near
196,159
Weddington · near
196,159 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Wetherington · near
196,167
Wetherington · near
196,167 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Seis Lagos · near
196,184
Seis Lagos · near
196,184 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Las Flores CD… · highest
196,250
Las Flores CD… · highest
196,250 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 Encantado 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: 140.
Encantado ranks in the 98th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
98th
percentile, household income
95th
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: Encantado, NM
New Mexico's Encantado is a small town, with 140 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Encantado report a median income of $196,058 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 42.3%. Encantado's housing stock carries a median value of $846,900, and the median resident age is 68.3 years. 60.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 28.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in New Mexico run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, New Mexico scores 92.2 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,129 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $167 across New Mexico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 58.9 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Encantado'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Encantado, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Encantado?
Working from home is the largest reported mode at 75.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
How far does income reach against housing in Encantado?
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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 42.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Encantado?
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.
Within New Mexico, the closest population matches are Galisteo (141 residents); La Joya (139 residents); Crestview (144 residents, $123,644 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Antares, AZ (140 residents); Pyatt, AR (140 residents); Reed, AR (140 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.
Top-decile income · poverty 42.3% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, New Mexico average
B-
City profile score · Encantado, NM
68/100
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.
Household income A+
$196,058
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
60.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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 F
42.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Encantado profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $196,058
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 60.7%
Cost of living: 77/100 (B+) · 92.2 index
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 42.3%
How does Encantado compare to other US cities?
Encantado measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income98% higher than other cities
Home value95% 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 Encantado 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 Encantado near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Encantado ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Encantado only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#6 of 324
98th percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Median Home Value
#12 of 324
96th percentile in New Mexico
Poverty Rate
#46 of 408
88th percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#32 of 409
92nd 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
98th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Encantado's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$846,9005th percentilemore affordable than 5% 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
Encantado's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,575 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,917 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Encantado sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,575 of 15,516 and #8,917 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
$196,058Encantado, NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Encantado, 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 Encantado, NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)60.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)42.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)28.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
140
Median Income
$196,058
Median Home Value
$846,900
Median Age
68.3
Poverty Rate
42.3%
Labor force participation
28.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
60.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
25.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
75.0%
Based on 40 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 Encantado. 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 Encantado 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 Encantado sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Encantado 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.