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SheetNM-SANTA-FE-FOOTHILLS-NM · Santa Fe Foothills, NM 710 pop · income 98th 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 Santa Fe Foothills
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Santa Fe Foothills on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cimarron · lowest
40,673
Cimarron · lowest
40,673 median HH income
21.1% of the leader · rank #1
Pinecrest · near
192,477
Pinecrest · near
192,477 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Centerport · near
192,530
Centerport · near
192,530 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #3
Santa Fe Foot… · this city
192,630
Santa Fe Foot… · this city
192,630 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Campton Hills · near
192,727
Campton Hills · near
192,727 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Pine Lakes Ad… · near
192,813
Pine Lakes Ad… · near
192,813 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Victoria · highest
192,821
Victoria · highest
192,821 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 Santa Fe Foothills 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: 710.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Santa Fe Foothills lands in the 98th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
98th
percentile, household income
98th
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: Santa Fe Foothills, NM
New Mexico's Santa Fe Foothills is a small town, with 710 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Santa Fe Foothills brings in $192,630 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.2%. Typical homes in Santa Fe Foothills are valued around $1,111,500, and the median resident age is 66.7 years. Educational attainment runs 80.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 37.2% 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. 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. 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 Santa Fe Foothills'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 housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Santa Fe Foothills, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Santa Fe Foothills?
Within New Mexico, the closest population matches are San Miguel (707 residents, $55,219 income); San Antonito CDP (Bernalillo County) (706 residents, $61,250 income); Las Tusas (716 residents, $56,109 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Williamson, GA (710 residents); Augusta, IL (710 residents); Bowen, IL (710 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Santa Fe Foothills?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.2%, 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. 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Santa Fe Foothills?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Working from home is the largest reported mode at 57.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Top-decile income · poverty 5.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, New Mexico average
A
City profile score · Santa Fe Foothills, NM
85/100
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.
Household income A+
$192,630
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
80.1%
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 C+
5.2%
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).
Santa Fe Foothills profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $192,630
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 80.1%
Cost of living: 77/100 (B+) · 92.2 index
Poverty rate: 64/100 (C+) · 5.2%
How does Santa Fe Foothills compare to other US cities?
Where Santa Fe Foothills sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income98% higher than other cities
Home value98% 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 Santa Fe Foothills 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 Santa Fe Foothills near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Santa Fe Foothills ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Santa Fe Foothills only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#8 of 324
98th percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Median Home Value
#3 of 324
99th percentile in New Mexico
Poverty Rate
#275 of 408
33rd percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#7 of 409
98th 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
98th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Santa Fe Foothills's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,111,5002nd percentilemore affordable than 2% 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
Santa Fe Foothills's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,885 of 15,516
More affordable than 11% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,333 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.8×, Santa Fe Foothills sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,885 of 15,516 and #10,333 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
$192,630Santa Fe Foothills, NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Santa Fe Foothills, 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 Santa Fe Foothills, NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)80.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)37.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
710
Median Income
$192,630
Median Home Value
$1,111,500
Median Age
66.7
Poverty Rate
5.2%
Labor force participation
37.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
80.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
15.9%
Carpool
20.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
6.4%
Work from Home
57.4%
Based on 251 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 Santa Fe Foothills. 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 Santa Fe Foothills 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 Santa Fe Foothills sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Santa Fe Foothills 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.