De Baca County, New Mexico

De Baca County has a population of 1,576 and has shrunk 3.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $187,500.

Home price
$187,500
Income
$67,816
Population
1,576
Unemployment
8.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$187,500county
Median gross rent$387county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198053.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile20.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant34.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use11.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,578(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$973county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$798county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,167county
Home insurance / yr$2,869(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living93.7(statewide)
Median household income$67,816(statewide)
Family health premium / yr$23,828(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,244(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.846(statewide)
Poverty rate15.5%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home3.6%county
Unemployment rate8.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.3%county
Share of workers employed by government13.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.1%county
Economic output per resident$70,350county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.60%county
Top state income tax5.90%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.90%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.68%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time11.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service67 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport12033county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.6 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station95 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.6%county
Traffic deaths190.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher9.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.0%county
Public schools in the county3county
Public school enrollment283county
Students per full-time teacher10.5county
Free lunch eligible60.4%county
Elementary schools1county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution55 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians60county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.5%county
Frequent mental distress16.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population1,576county
Land area in square miles2,323county
People per square mile of land0.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store24.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-3.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-13county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age35.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over26.6%county
Share of households that are one person47.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.6%county
Second languages36.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls100.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents471county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents12county
Households that moved in22county
Households that moved away26county
Average income of arriving households$43,591county
Average income of departing households$42,846county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5(statewide)
Housing units authorised in the latest year4,995(statewide)
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings29.1%(statewide)
Violent crime rate717(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature60.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation17.0 incounty
Annual snowfall9.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.54 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F72 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing88 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days188 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 20county
Average first fall frostOct 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$107county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh12.9¢county
Household electricity use833 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$11.12(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity48.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas35.4%county
Homes heated by propane7.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood6.1%county
Households with broadband79.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk11.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk78.9county
Landslide risk9.0county
Hail risk9.4county
Earthquake risk4.0county
Tornado risk3.9county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk13.8county
Winter weather risk23.1county
Strong wind risk5.7county
Wildfire risk77.4county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for De Baca County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the New Mexico figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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