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SheetNM-RANCHOS-DE-TAOS-NM · Ranchos de Taos, NM 2,348 pop · income 22nd 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 Ranchos de Taos
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Ranchos de Taos on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Bayard · lowest
33,269
Bayard · lowest
33,269 median HH income
21.7% of the leader · rank #1
So-Hi · near
51,371
So-Hi · near
51,371 median HH income
33.5% of the leader · rank #2
Lineville · near
51,375
Lineville · near
51,375 median HH income
33.5% of the leader · rank #3
Rogersville · near
51,375
Rogersville · near
51,375 median HH income
33.5% of the leader · rank #4
Cortez · near
51,377
Cortez · near
51,377 median HH income
33.5% of the leader · rank #5
Ranchos de Ta… · this city
51,380
Ranchos de Ta… · this city
51,380 median HH income
33.5% of the leader · rank #6
Halesite · highest
153,375
Halesite · highest
153,375 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 Ranchos de Taos 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: 2,348.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Ranchos de Taos lands in the 22nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
22nd
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: Ranchos de Taos, NM
Ranchos de Taos is a small town in New Mexico, home to 2,348 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Ranchos de Taos brings in $51,380 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 10.5%. The median resident age is 26.6 years. Educational attainment runs 54.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 42.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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 Ranchos de Taos'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 schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Ranchos de Taos, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, 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 education layer cover for Ranchos de Taos?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 54.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
What does the journey to work look like in Ranchos de Taos?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Ranchos de Taos?
Within New Mexico, the closest population matches are Center Point (2,366 residents, $49,714 income); Bayard (2,370 residents, $33,269 income); Pojoaque (2,274 residents, $68,188 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Webster County, GA (2,348 residents); New Chicago, IN (2,348 residents); Horse Cave, KY (2,348 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.
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.
Bachelor's+ share A
54.2%
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
10.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$51,380
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Ranchos de Taos profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 87/100 (A) · 54.2%
Cost of living: 77/100 (B+) · 92.2 index
Poverty rate: 38/100 (F) · 10.5%
Household income: 22/100 (F) · $51,380
How does Ranchos de Taos compare to other US cities?
Here's how Ranchos de Taos stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income22% 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 Ranchos de Taos 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 Ranchos de Taos near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Ranchos de Taos ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Ranchos de Taos only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#182 of 324
44th percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Poverty Rate
#223 of 408
45th percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#39 of 409
90th 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
22nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$51,380Ranchos de Taos, NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Ranchos de Taos, 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 Ranchos de Taos, NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)54.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)42.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,348
Median Income
$51,380
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
26.6
Poverty Rate
10.5%
Labor force participation
42.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
54.2%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.5%
Carpool
6.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
12.2%
Based on 632 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 Ranchos de Taos. 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 Ranchos de Taos 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 Ranchos de Taos sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Ranchos de Taos 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, NCES CCD, 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.