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Place dossier plate
SheetNM-OJO-AMARILLO-NM · Ojo Amarillo, NM 380 pop · income 1st 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 Ojo Amarillo
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Ojo Amarillo on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Campo Rico co… · lowest
21,440
Campo Rico co… · lowest
21,440 median HH income
16.0% of the leader · rank #1
Louise · near
21,447
Louise · near
21,447 median HH income
16.0% of the leader · rank #2
Candelaria Ar… · near
21,448
Candelaria Ar… · near
21,448 median HH income
16.0% of the leader · rank #3
Weedpatch · near
21,450
Weedpatch · near
21,450 median HH income
16.0% of the leader · rank #4
Rafael Hernán… · near
21,470
Rafael Hernán… · near
21,470 median HH income
16.0% of the leader · rank #5
Ojo Amarillo · this city
21,488
Ojo Amarillo · this city
21,488 median HH income
16.0% of the leader · rank #6
Sandia Park · highest
134,118
Sandia Park · highest
134,118 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 Ojo Amarillo 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: 380.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Ojo Amarillo lands in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
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: Ojo Amarillo, NM
New Mexico's Ojo Amarillo is a small town, with 380 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Ojo Amarillo households earn a median of $21,488 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 49.4%. The median resident age is 33.3 years. Educational attainment runs 0.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 31.9% 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. 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 Ojo Amarillo'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 to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Ojo Amarillo, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Ojo Amarillo?
Within New Mexico, the closest population matches are Sandia Park (383 residents, $134,118 income); Broadview (386 residents); Maxwell (370 residents, $36,691 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Miranda, CA (380 residents); Alto Pass, IL (380 residents); Belle Rive, IL (380 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Ojo Amarillo?
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 85.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 49.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, New Mexico average
F
City profile score · Ojo Amarillo, NM
19/100
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.
Household income F
$21,488
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
49.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
0.0%
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).
Ojo Amarillo profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 77/100 (B+) · 92.2 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $21,488
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 49.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 0.0%
How does Ojo Amarillo compare to other US cities?
Ojo Amarillo measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income1% 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 Ojo Amarillo 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 Ojo Amarillo near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Ojo Amarillo ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Ojo Amarillo only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#318 of 324
2nd percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Poverty Rate
#34 of 408
92nd percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#356 of 409
0th 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
1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$21,488Ojo Amarillo, NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Ojo Amarillo, 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 Ojo Amarillo, NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)0.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)49.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)31.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
380
Median Income
$21,488
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
33.3
Poverty Rate
49.4%
Labor force participation
31.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
0.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
85.4%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
10.1%
Other
4.5%
Based on 89 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 Ojo Amarillo. 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 Ojo Amarillo 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 Ojo Amarillo sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Ojo Amarillo 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.