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Place dossier plate
SheetNM-LA-CUEVA-CDP-SANTA-FE-COUNTY-NM · La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County), NM 724 pop · income 81st 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 La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Oaktown · lowest
30,417
Oaktown · lowest
30,417 median HH income
28.9% of the leader · rank #1
Forestdale · near
105,368
Forestdale · near
105,368 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Shirley · near
105,379
Shirley · near
105,379 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
La Cueva CDP… · this city
105,385
La Cueva CDP… · this city
105,385 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Carol Stream · near
105,395
Carol Stream · near
105,395 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Woodstock · near
105,396
Woodstock · near
105,396 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
The Acreage · highest
105,405
The Acreage · highest
105,405 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 La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) 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: 724.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) lands in the 81st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
81st
percentile, household income
74th
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: La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County), NM
La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) is a small town in New Mexico, home to 724 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $105,385 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Home values in La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) run a median of $371,100, and the median resident age is 43.1 years. 35.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 71.9% 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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,129 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Mexico run around $167, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 58.9 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County)'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County)?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County)?
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 San Mateo (726 residents); San Pablo (729 residents, $83,056 income); El Duende (730 residents, $90,859 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hollis Crossroads, AL (724 residents); Woodson, AR (724 residents); Aspen Park, CO (724 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.
What does the journey to work look like in La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.7%. 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. 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.
City profile score · La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County), NM
82/100
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.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B+
$105,385
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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.
Bachelor's+ share B-
35.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $105,385
Cost of living: 77/100 (B+) · 92.2 index
Bachelor's+ share: 67/100 (B-) · 35.0%
How does La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) compare to other US cities?
La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income81% higher than other cities
Home value74% 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 La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) 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 La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#37 of 324
89th percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Median Home Value
#43 of 324
87th percentile in New Mexico
Poverty Rate
#309 of 408
0th percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#83 of 409
80th 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
81st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$371,10026th percentilemore affordable than 26% 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
La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 3.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,054 of 15,516
More affordable than 42% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,294 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.5×, La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,054 of 15,516 and #7,294 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
$105,385La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County), NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County), 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 La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County), NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)71.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
724
Median Income
$105,385
Median Home Value
$371,100
Median Age
43.1
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
71.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
92.7%
Carpool
5.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.2%
Based on 463 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 La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County). 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 La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) 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 La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How La Cueva CDP (Santa Fe County) 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.