NM area data
Columbus, NM
Columbus, NM.
Population: 1,198 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 406.5 (+0.8% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Below Average)
- 92.2 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 15.1¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $9.80/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Schools
- Total schools
- 1
- Elementary schools
- 1
- Middle schools
- 0
- High schools
- 0
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- drought, heatWave, lightning
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 10.7 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 17
- Days with Good air quality
- 341
- Days with Unhealthy air quality
- 1
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail (46 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Epic Paramotor Airport (3 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Deming Municipal Airport (DMN) (8 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 3
- Solar radiation rating
- Excellent (5.8 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,986
- Median annual property tax
- $482
- Households with broadband internet
- 35.2%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 5,818
- Average weekly wage
- $784
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 7
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