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Place dossier plate
SheetNM-OASIS-NM · Oasis, NM 123 pop · income 0th 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 Oasis
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Oasis on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Los Alvarez · lowest
11,004
Los Alvarez · lowest
11,004 median HH income
7.3% of the leader · rank #1
Oasis · this city
11,490
Oasis · this city
11,490 median HH income
7.6% of the leader · rank #2
Cates · near
11,540
Cates · near
11,540 median HH income
7.6% of the leader · rank #3
Marueño comun… · near
11,699
Marueño comun… · near
11,699 median HH income
7.7% of the leader · rank #4
La Alianza co… · near
11,706
La Alianza co… · near
11,706 median HH income
7.7% of the leader · rank #5
Fuig comunidad · near
11,731
Fuig comunidad · near
11,731 median HH income
7.8% of the leader · rank #6
Catalpa Canyon · highest
151,250
Catalpa Canyon · highest
151,250 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 Oasis 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: 123.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Oasis lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
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: Oasis, NM
Oasis is a small town in New Mexico, home to 123 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Oasis report a median income of $11,490 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income. The median resident age is 67.2 years. 22.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 0.0% 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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New Mexico's average monthly utility costs around $167 (state average). 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 Oasis'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Oasis, city-specific coverage includes the base Census profile only.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Oasis?
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 Catalpa Canyon (119 residents, $151,250 income); Lybrook (117 residents); Pajarito Mesa (129 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ali Chuk, AZ (123 residents); Kingston, AR (123 residents); Mount Laguna, CA (123 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.
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 D
22.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$11,490
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate N/A
N/A
No ACS poverty rate on file for this place.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Oasis profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 77/100 (B+) · 92.2 index
Bachelor's+ share: 40/100 (D) · 22.0%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $11,490
How does Oasis compare to other US cities?
Where Oasis sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% higher 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 Oasis 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 Oasis near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Oasis ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Oasis only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#323 of 324
0th percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#158 of 409
61st 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
0th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$11,490Oasis, NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Oasis, 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 Oasis, NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Labor force participation (adults 16+)0.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
123
Median Income
$11,490
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
67.2
Poverty Rate
N/A
Labor force participation
0.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.0%
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 Oasis. 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 Oasis 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 Oasis sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Oasis 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, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.