NM area data
Des Moines, NM
Des Moines, NM.
Population: 536 (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
- 2
- Elementary schools
- 1
- Middle schools
- 0
- High schools
- 1
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Very Low
- Top hazards
- drought, winterWeather
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 51.0°F
- Average high
- 67.0°F
- Average low
- 36.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 14.5 in
- Annual snowfall
- 20.5 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Capulin Volcano National Monument (38 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Clayton Municipal Airpark (CAO) (20 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (5.4 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,950
- Median annual property tax
- $592
- Households with broadband internet
- 64.7%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 823
- Average weekly wage
- $748
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Wholesale Trade
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