Harding County, New Mexico

Harding County has a population of 741 and has shrunk 5.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $70,000, about 1.4 times the county's median household income of $48,553.

Home price
$70,000
Income
$48,553
Population
741
Unemployment
15.3%

Housing

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

Median home price$70,000county
Median gross rent$1,038county
Median year homes here were built1960county
Share of homes built before 198068.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile26.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant42.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use14.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,578(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,040county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$853county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,424county
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$48,553county
Family health premium / yr$23,828(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,244(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.846(statewide)
Poverty rate19.4%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 home2.8%county
Unemployment rate15.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force50.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed16.5%county
Share of workers employed by government55.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry39.4%county
Economic output per resident$63,897county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.44%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 time20.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service111 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport12033county
Miles to nearest general aviation field35 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station72 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.7%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
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 higher33.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.0%county
Public schools in the county4county
Public school enrollment158county
Students per full-time teacher6.3county
Free lunch eligible51.9%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools0county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution72 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians75(statewide)
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter4.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance1.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year20.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year18.2%county
Frequent mental distress14.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes17.9%county

Place

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

Population741county
Land area in square miles2,125county
People per square mile of land0.3county
Supermarkets and grocery stores235(statewide)
Convenience stores27(statewide)
Share living far from a food store56.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-5.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-14county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age42.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over26.6%county
Share of households that are one person41.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.4%county
Second languages17.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls100.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents1,065county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in50,492(statewide)
Households that moved away50,611(statewide)
Average income of arriving households$61,168(statewide)
Average income of departing households$62,831(statewide)
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 temperature55.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation17.6 incounty
Annual snowfall6.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.46 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F33 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing111 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days174 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 29county
Average first fall frostOct 20county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$107county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh19.0¢county
Household electricity use551 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$11.12(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity13.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas3.1%county
Homes heated by propane65.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood13.3%county
Households with broadband71.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk2.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk22.4county
Landslide risk20.7county
Hail risk4.9county
Earthquake risk5.1county
Tornado risk3.5county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk5.1county
Winter weather risk19.9county
Strong wind risk2.2county
Wildfire risk67.9county

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 Harding 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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