NM area data
Picacho, NM
Picacho, NM.
Population: 125 (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%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- lightning, wildfire, winterWeather, iceStorm, inlandFlooding
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 15.2 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 16
- Days with Good air quality
- 114
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- White Sands National Park (56 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Sierra Blanca Regional Airport (RUI) (11 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Sierra Blanca Regional Airport (RUI) (11 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.0 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 12
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (5.3 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,985
- Households with broadband internet
- 71.4%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 5,617
- Average weekly wage
- $723
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Arts & Entertainment, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 88
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