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Place dossier plate
SheetNM-VALENCIA-CDP-VALENCIA-COUNTY-NM · Valencia CDP (Valencia County), NM 2,219 pop · income 50th 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Valencia CDP (Valencia County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Byesville · lowest
35,959
Byesville · lowest
35,959 median HH income
22.7% of the leader · rank #1
Belle Plaine · near
70,517
Belle Plaine · near
70,517 median HH income
44.6% of the leader · rank #2
Dover · near
70,519
Dover · near
70,519 median HH income
44.6% of the leader · rank #3
Valencia CDP… · this city
70,521
Valencia CDP… · this city
70,521 median HH income
44.6% of the leader · rank #4
Hammondsport · near
70,521
Hammondsport · near
70,521 median HH income
44.6% of the leader · rank #5
Lakewood · near
70,524
Lakewood · near
70,524 median HH income
44.6% of the leader · rank #6
Water Mill · highest
158,250
Water Mill · highest
158,250 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County) 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: 2,219.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Valencia CDP (Valencia County) lands in the 50th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
50th
percentile, household income
54th
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: Valencia CDP (Valencia County), NM
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 2,219 residents in Valencia CDP (Valencia County), a small town within New Mexico. Households in Valencia CDP (Valencia County) report a median income of $70,521 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 21.7%. Typical homes in Valencia CDP (Valencia County) are valued around $242,400, and the median resident age is 34.5 years. 25.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 49.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in New Mexico run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Mexico at 92.2 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County)'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 work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Valencia CDP (Valencia County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, 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
How far does income reach against housing in Valencia CDP (Valencia County)?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 21.7%, 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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Valencia CDP (Valencia County)?
Within New Mexico, the closest population matches are Flora Vista (2,215 residents, $43,799 income); La Plata (2,185 residents, $54,801 income); San Ysidro (2,179 residents, $90,724 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Cloverdale, IN (2,219 residents); Susquehanna Trails, PA (2,219 residents); Greensburg, KY (2,218 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County)?
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 78.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 21.7% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, New Mexico average
D
City profile score · Valencia CDP (Valencia County), NM
47/100
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 C-
$70,521
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C-
25.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
21.7%
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).
How does Valencia CDP (Valencia County) compare to other US cities?
Here's how Valencia CDP (Valencia County) stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income50% higher than other cities
Home value54% 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County) 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County) near the bottom of New Mexico's cities
Among the 409 New Mexico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Valencia CDP (Valencia County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Valencia CDP (Valencia County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#100 of 324
69th percentile in New Mexico
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 409
0th percentile in New Mexico
Median Home Value
#97 of 324
70th percentile in New Mexico
Poverty Rate
#128 of 408
69th percentile in New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#131 of 409
67th 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
50th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Valencia CDP (Valencia County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$242,40046th percentilemore affordable than 46% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,726 of 15,516
More affordable than 44% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,072 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.4×, Valencia CDP (Valencia County) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,726 of 15,516 and #7,072 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$70,521Valencia CDP (Valencia County), NM median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Valencia CDP (Valencia County), 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County), NM.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)21.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,219
Median Income
$70,521
Median Home Value
$242,400
Median Age
34.5
Poverty Rate
21.7%
Labor force participation
49.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.5%
Carpool
15.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
1.4%
Other
5.0%
Based on 806 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County). 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County) 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 Valencia CDP (Valencia County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Valencia CDP (Valencia County) 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.