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Wagon Mound is a tiny town of 557 people in Mora County, New Mexico. It's about 75 miles from Santa Fe, NM and 260 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 51°F, with about 29 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $123k and rent runs about $769 a month.
557people
$123kTypical home
$769/moRent
88° / 51°Summer / winter
29"Snow
304Sunny days
52Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 557
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 550 people per sq mi
- 260 mi to Denver, CO
- 75 mi to Santa Fe, NM
- 40 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $123k (≈$773/mo)
- Median rent $769/mo
- Median household income $44k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 51°F
- Dry summers (dew point 44°F)
- 304 sunny days a year (125 totally clear)
- 61 cloudy days a year
- 17 of 90 winter days are gray
- 52 days a year with rain or snow
- 29" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 25 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (169 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (24 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 62
- 20% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 62 mi to TSM airport
- 126 mi to ABQ (major hub)
- 40 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 68% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 6,214 ft
- 585 mi to the ocean
- 42 mi to a big lake
- 28 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 39 mi to the nearest ski area
- 19 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 60 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of New Mexico districts (reading)
- 35 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 34 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 70 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 38 mi to the nearest vet
- 62 mi to the nearest dog park
- 40 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Mora County: D+17 in 2024
- New Mexico: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.