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Place dossier plate
SheetNM-LA-HUERTA-NM · La Huerta, NM 1,673 pop · income 65th 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 Huerta
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Huerta on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fránquez comu… · lowest
27,056
Fránquez comu… · lowest
27,056 median HH income
25.3% of the leader · rank #1
Kendall · near
83,664
Kendall · near
83,664 median HH income
78.3% of the leader · rank #2
Grand Terrace · near
83,668
Grand Terrace · near
83,668 median HH income
78.3% of the leader · rank #3
La Huerta · this city
83,672
La Huerta · this city
83,672 median HH income
78.3% of the leader · rank #4
Arbuckle · near
83,677
Arbuckle · near
83,677 median HH income
78.3% of the leader · rank #5
Middleton · near
83,681
Middleton · near
83,681 median HH income
78.3% of the leader · rank #6
Sylvan Lake · highest
106,806
Sylvan Lake · highest
106,806 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 Huerta 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: 1,673.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, La Huerta lands in the 65th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
65th
percentile, household income
79th
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 Huerta, NM
New Mexico's La Huerta is a small town, with 1,673 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. La Huerta households earn a median of $83,672 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.0%. Typical homes in La Huerta are valued around $421,600, and the median resident age is 36.7 years. Educational attainment runs 37.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 62.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in New Mexico run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Mexico at 92.2 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,129 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Mexico run around $167, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 La Huerta'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 Huerta, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count; 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 Huerta?
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 5.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for La Huerta?
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 Hatch (1,663 residents, $40,625 income); La Luz (1,683 residents, $35,324 income); Radium Springs (1,661 residents, $50,000 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Catlettsburg, KY (1,672 residents); Sylvan Lake, MI (1,672 residents); Braham, MN (1,674 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 Huerta?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 94.6%. 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.
Above median income · poverty 7.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, New Mexico average
B-
City profile score · La Huerta, NM
66/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share B
37.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C+
$83,672
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C-
7.0%
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).
La Huerta profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 77/100 (B+) · 92.2 index
Bachelor's+ share: 72/100 (B) · 37.9%
Household income: 63/100 (C+) · $83,672
Poverty rate: 53/100 (C-) · 7.0%
How does La Huerta compare to other US cities?
Here's how La Huerta stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income65% higher than other cities
Home value79% 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 Huerta 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 Huerta near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, La Huerta ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Huerta only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#72 of 324
78th percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Median Home Value
#34 of 324
90th percentile in New Mexico
Poverty Rate
#257 of 408
37th percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#70 of 409
83rd 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
65th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How La Huerta's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$421,60021st percentilemore affordable than 21% 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 Huerta's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#12,956 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,798 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.0×, La Huerta sits in the pressured band:
national rank #12,956 of 15,516 and #9,798 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$83,672La Huerta, NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Huerta, 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 Huerta, NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,673
Median Income
$83,672
Median Home Value
$421,600
Median Age
36.7
Poverty Rate
7.0%
Labor force participation
62.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
37.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
94.6%
Carpool
5.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 685 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 Huerta. 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 Huerta 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 Huerta sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How La Huerta 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.