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Place dossier plate
SheetNM-ROY-NM ยท Roy, NM 321 pop ยท income 8th pct ยท 1 tracts
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 Roy
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Roy on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Denton ยท lowest
33,182
Denton ยท lowest
33,182 median HH income
26.8% of the leader ยท rank #1
Altamont ยท near
40,221
Altamont ยท near
40,221 median HH income
32.5% of the leader ยท rank #2
Cantua Creek ยท near
40,222
Cantua Creek ยท near
40,222 median HH income
32.5% of the leader ยท rank #3
Roy ยท this city
40,227
Roy ยท this city
40,227 median HH income
32.5% of the leader ยท rank #4
East Pittsburโฆ ยท near
40,227
East Pittsburโฆ ยท near
40,227 median HH income
32.5% of the leader ยท rank #5
Groveton ยท near
40,227
Groveton ยท near
40,227 median HH income
32.5% of the leader ยท rank #6
Copper Mountaโฆ ยท highest
123,940
Copper Mountaโฆ ยท highest
123,940 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท 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 Roy 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: 321.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Roy places in the 8th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
8th
percentile, household income
0th
percentile, home value
39th
percentile, median rent
๐ 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: Roy, NM
Roy is a small town in New Mexico, home to 321 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Roy brings in $40,227 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 14.1%. Roy's housing stock carries a median value of $50,600, and the median resident age is 54.5 years. 29.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 46.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA puts Roy's yearly average temperature at 52.9ยฐF with 16.4 inches of precipitation per year and 19.3 inches of snowfall.
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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,129 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New Mexico's average monthly utility costs around $167 (state average). 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 Roy'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 population change to climate and hazard context to schools and households to within-city variation to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Roy, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Roy?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 14.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Which cities make useful reference points for Roy?
Within New Mexico, the closest population matches are Casa Colorada (320 residents); North San Ysidro (323 residents, $94,000 income); Reserve (323 residents, $40,357 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Oak Creek Canyon, AZ (321 residents); Griffithville, AR (321 residents); Perry, AR (321 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.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -7 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.6% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Roy?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 52.9ยฐF, with 16.4 inches of precipitation and 19.3 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for New Mexico is 58.9 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
52.9ยฐF
Annual precipitation
16.4 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
58.9
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 29.2% 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.
Matched public schools
2
Bachelor's degree+
29.2%
Poverty estimate
14.1%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
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 80.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
0.7%
Drive alone
80.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 140 workers age 16+.
Lowest-decile income ยท poverty 14.1% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.2 (US=100)
Affordable ยท BEA RPP 2024, New Mexico average
F
City profile score ยท Roy, NM
38/100
4 published dimensions ยท 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 โ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share C
29.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
14.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$40,227
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Roy profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 77/100 (B+) ยท 92.2 index
Bachelor's+ share: 57/100 (C) ยท 29.2%
Poverty rate: 24/100 (F) ยท 14.1%
Household income: 7/100 (F) ยท $40,227
How does Roy compare to other US cities?
Where Roy sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income8% higher than other cities
Home value0% 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 Roy 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 Roy near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Roy ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Roy only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#252 of 324
22nd percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Median Home Value
#304 of 324
6th percentile in New Mexico
Poverty Rate
#188 of 408
54th percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#111 of 409
73rd 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
8th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Roy's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$50,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 100% 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 ยท 2023
Roy's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.3ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0ร
National rank
#142 of 15,516
More affordable than 99% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#140 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.3ร, Roy sits in the affordable band:
national rank #142 of 15,516 and #140 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$40,227Roy, NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Roy, 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 Roy, NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)46.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
321
Median Income
$40,227
Median Home Value
$50,600
Median Age
54.5
Poverty Rate
14.1%
Labor force participation
46.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.2%
Climate
Avg Temperature
52.9ยฐF
Annual Precipitation
16.4"
Annual Snowfall
19.3"
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020โ2025
Roy's Census PEP population estimates, 2020โ2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
192 residents
2021
187 residents
2022
186 residents
2023
191 residents
2024
185 residents
2025
185 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
80.0%
Carpool
7.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
11.4%
Work from Home
0.7%
Based on 140 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 Roy. 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 Roy 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 Roy sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Roy 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.