Most Educated Cities in New Mexico
Cities with at least 1,000 residents, ranked by percentage of adults (25+) with a bachelor's degree or higher.
| # | City | Bachelor's+ | Graduate+ | Median Income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tano Road | 76.7% | 49.0% | $183,162 | 1,586 |
| 2 | Las Campanas | 75.6% | 46.3% | $204,922 | 2,119 |
| 3 | Sandia Heights | 72.5% | 44.1% | $143,646 | 3,160 |
| 4 | White Rock | 71.1% | 39.6% | $156,639 | 5,716 |
| 5 | Los Alamos | 69.8% | 46.5% | $141,018 | 13,317 |
| 6 | Eldorado at Santa Fe | 68.0% | 33.8% | $106,633 | 5,619 |
| 7 | Picacho Hills | 67.3% | 33.0% | $120,850 | 2,002 |
| 8 | Tesuque | 66.2% | 34.5% | $55,865 | 1,079 |
| 9 | Placitas (Sandoval County) | 65.5% | 33.0% | $109,750 | 4,223 |
| 10 | University Park | 63.6% | 19.1% | $30,156 | 2,782 |
| 11 | Tres Arroyos | 60.7% | 33.9% | $87,841 | 1,926 |
| 12 | Mesilla | 52.6% | 26.6% | $74,750 | 1,717 |
| 13 | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque | 52.3% | 24.3% | $72,992 | 5,857 |
| 14 | Corrales | 51.4% | 24.9% | $102,307 | 8,555 |
| 15 | Kirtland AFB | 51.2% | 22.1% | $84,884 | 3,413 |
| 16 | Arroyo Seco | 49.7% | 16.4% | $62,348 | 2,112 |
| 17 | Santa Fe | 47.8% | 25.6% | $73,482 | 89,019 |
| 18 | Angel Fire | 47.6% | 19.3% | $107,554 | 1,111 |
| 19 | Sandia Knolls | 46.7% | 22.6% | $91,827 | 1,445 |
| 20 | Ranchos de Taos | 45.8% | 10.4% | N/A | 2,536 |
| 21 | White Sands | 45.3% | 24.2% | $89,565 | 1,609 |
| 22 | Thunder Mountain | 41.5% | 16.3% | $47,309 | 1,366 |
| 23 | Cañoncito | 41.5% | 22.5% | $78,220 | 1,253 |
| 24 | Cannon AFB | 40.8% | 3.1% | $63,000 | 2,405 |
| 25 | High Rolls | 40.7% | 31.2% | $86,375 | 1,313 |
| 26 | Albuquerque | 39.2% | 17.9% | $68,317 | 562,218 |
| 27 | Barton | 39.1% | 12.9% | $81,723 | 1,302 |
| 28 | Taos | 39.0% | 19.8% | $47,304 | 6,458 |
| 29 | La Mesilla | 38.8% | 16.0% | $81,438 | 2,697 |
| 30 | Santa Teresa | 37.6% | 12.7% | $63,161 | 6,041 |
| 31 | Las Cruces | 36.7% | 16.8% | $55,422 | 114,197 |
| 32 | Ponderosa Pine | 36.4% | 10.8% | $87,361 | 1,442 |
| 33 | Silver City | 35.8% | 17.3% | $38,711 | 9,536 |
| 34 | Little Walnut Village | 35.8% | 26.6% | $125,175 | 1,445 |
| 35 | El Rancho | 35.7% | 19.4% | $80,417 | 1,451 |
| 36 | Ruidoso | 35.4% | 11.1% | $52,736 | 7,699 |
| 37 | Edgewood | 35.0% | 14.8% | $84,761 | 6,124 |
| 38 | Paraje | 34.7% | 0.0% | $33,239 | 1,333 |
| 39 | Holloman AFB | 34.5% | 12.2% | $52,465 | 4,433 |
| 40 | Rio Rancho | 34.0% | 13.0% | $89,596 | 108,515 |
| 41 | La Huerta | 33.8% | 14.4% | $78,861 | 1,288 |
| 42 | La Cienega | 33.6% | 15.4% | $85,250 | 3,543 |
| 43 | Los Chaves | 33.6% | 22.6% | $79,662 | 4,838 |
| 44 | Bosque Farms | 33.2% | 8.5% | $82,188 | 4,071 |
| 45 | Nambe | 31.1% | 14.8% | $59,375 | 2,035 |
| 46 | Dixon | 28.8% | 14.9% | $54,231 | 1,623 |
| 47 | La Union | 28.7% | 3.4% | $56,411 | 1,071 |
| 48 | Las Vegas | 28.3% | 12.3% | $45,125 | 13,000 |
| 49 | Paradise Hills | 27.9% | 14.0% | $73,295 | 4,591 |
| 50 | Pojoaque | 27.8% | 9.6% | $74,028 | 2,327 |
| 51 | North Valley | 27.6% | 10.0% | $61,498 | 10,455 |
| 52 | Boles Acres | 27.2% | 7.1% | $52,788 | 1,848 |
| 53 | Bayard | 26.4% | 8.3% | $34,477 | 2,057 |
| 54 | Farmington | 26.2% | 10.7% | $68,784 | 46,314 |
| 55 | Pecos | 26.2% | 6.0% | $88,490 | 1,204 |
| 56 | Los Lunas | 25.9% | 11.8% | $62,330 | 18,618 |
| 57 | Peralta | 25.9% | 9.8% | $73,131 | 3,404 |
| 58 | Alamogordo | 25.5% | 9.9% | $55,952 | 31,307 |
| 59 | Las Maravillas | 25.4% | 13.2% | $63,375 | 1,594 |
| 60 | Portales | 25.4% | 11.6% | $50,555 | 11,968 |
| 61 | Rio Communities | 25.1% | 6.8% | $46,035 | 4,925 |
| 62 | Socorro | 25.1% | 12.6% | $39,375 | 8,481 |
| 63 | Butterfield Park | 24.4% | 0.0% | $34,093 | 1,119 |
| 64 | Radium Springs | 23.7% | 6.6% | $43,836 | 1,908 |
| 65 | Clovis | 23.5% | 10.1% | $54,820 | 37,942 |
| 66 | Gallup | 23.5% | 9.9% | $58,303 | 21,023 |
| 67 | San Ysidro | 23.2% | 4.5% | $89,473 | 2,118 |
| 68 | La Villita | 23.1% | 3.9% | $104,162 | 1,534 |
| 69 | Tularosa | 22.5% | 3.6% | $52,375 | 2,597 |
| 70 | Bernalillo | 22.5% | 11.0% | $63,880 | 9,086 |
| 71 | Sunland Park | 21.8% | 6.3% | $62,814 | 17,463 |
| 72 | Ohkay Owingeh | 21.6% | 14.0% | $47,067 | 1,194 |
| 73 | Ruidoso Downs | 21.5% | 12.2% | $31,354 | 2,655 |
| 74 | Questa | 21.4% | 7.1% | $47,308 | 2,466 |
| 75 | Raton | 21.3% | 8.6% | $52,641 | 6,026 |
| 76 | Arenas Valley | 20.3% | 7.2% | $44,300 | 1,247 |
| 77 | Capitan | 20.3% | 9.7% | $52,864 | 1,191 |
| 78 | Artesia | 19.9% | 9.3% | $74,915 | 12,576 |
| 79 | Grants | 19.3% | 7.6% | $47,183 | 8,951 |
| 80 | Carlsbad | 19.2% | 7.8% | $72,306 | 31,746 |
| 81 | West Hammond | 19.1% | 2.7% | $48,929 | 2,236 |
| 82 | El Valle de Arroyo Seco | 19.1% | 3.8% | $67,826 | 1,293 |
| 83 | Jal | 19.0% | 13.8% | N/A | 2,364 |
| 84 | Springer | 19.0% | 5.2% | $50,345 | 1,017 |
| 85 | Elephant Butte | 19.0% | 4.6% | $53,482 | 1,790 |
| 86 | Jemez Pueblo | 18.8% | 6.4% | $55,551 | 2,199 |
| 87 | Roswell | 18.6% | 7.9% | $51,583 | 47,638 |
| 88 | Tucumcari | 18.5% | 8.2% | $31,844 | 5,160 |
| 89 | Española | 18.3% | 6.4% | $47,667 | 10,473 |
| 90 | Truth or Consequences | 18.3% | 7.2% | $33,788 | 6,019 |
| 91 | Santa Rosa | 18.3% | 4.4% | $48,789 | 2,462 |
| 92 | Center Point | 18.3% | 3.1% | $51,358 | 2,286 |
| 93 | Spencerville | 17.9% | 1.8% | $78,899 | 1,264 |
| 94 | Cuartelez | 17.7% | 10.6% | $114,151 | 1,512 |
| 95 | Hobbs | 17.3% | 7.5% | $64,021 | 40,252 |
| 96 | Algodones | 17.0% | 3.5% | $67,994 | 1,479 |
| 97 | Mountainair | 16.8% | 4.7% | $43,021 | 1,178 |
| 98 | Hurley | 16.6% | 1.9% | $36,202 | 1,044 |
| 99 | La Luz | 16.4% | 4.5% | $46,655 | 1,797 |
| 100 | South River | 16.3% | 7.9% | $68,668 | 1,810 |
| 101 | Rio Rancho Estates | 16.0% | 2.2% | $91,635 | 1,571 |
| 102 | Black Rock | 15.9% | 8.1% | $46,000 | 1,125 |
| 103 | Deming | 15.9% | 4.5% | $34,165 | 15,221 |
| 104 | Aztec | 15.7% | 6.0% | $41,977 | 6,150 |
| 105 | La Plata | 15.4% | 7.9% | $57,071 | 2,233 |
| 106 | Valencia (Valencia County) | 15.1% | 7.1% | $55,170 | 2,406 |
| 107 | South Valley | 15.1% | 6.5% | $58,224 | 37,120 |
| 108 | Bloomfield | 14.9% | 5.8% | $48,472 | 7,395 |
| 109 | Crouch Mesa | 14.8% | 6.6% | $63,750 | 4,812 |
| 110 | Santa Clara | 14.3% | 7.8% | $57,898 | 1,809 |
| 111 | Waterflow | 14.3% | 5.9% | $61,429 | 1,140 |
| 112 | Crownpoint | 14.2% | 6.1% | $51,011 | 2,882 |
| 113 | Jarales | 14.2% | 8.0% | $55,676 | 2,144 |
| 114 | Clayton | 13.8% | 2.9% | $34,500 | 2,753 |
| 115 | Isleta | 13.7% | 0.0% | N/A | 1,043 |
| 116 | Iyanbito | 13.7% | 6.0% | $52,500 | 1,233 |
| 117 | Belen | 13.6% | 5.4% | $42,627 | 7,450 |
| 118 | Agua Fria | 13.6% | 4.8% | $65,101 | 2,898 |
| 119 | El Cerro | 13.6% | 2.8% | $106,136 | 2,923 |
| 120 | El Rito | 13.4% | 13.4% | N/A | 1,102 |
| 121 | Lee Acres | 13.2% | 4.3% | $44,583 | 4,272 |
| 122 | Santa Ana Pueblo | 13.2% | 3.0% | $86,250 | 1,026 |
| 123 | Upper Fruitland | 13.1% | 1.8% | $49,453 | 1,457 |
| 124 | Meadow Lake | 12.6% | 2.1% | $43,649 | 4,259 |
| 125 | Dexter | 12.4% | 4.3% | $43,846 | 1,128 |
| 126 | North Hobbs | 12.1% | 4.2% | $82,554 | 6,034 |
| 127 | Shiprock | 11.6% | 3.0% | $35,900 | 7,610 |
| 128 | San Felipe Pueblo | 11.6% | 0.0% | N/A | 1,119 |
| 129 | Atoka | 11.6% | 0.0% | $83,704 | 1,347 |
| 130 | Tome | 11.5% | 10.0% | $85,448 | 1,723 |
| 131 | Dulce | 11.4% | 7.3% | $39,773 | 3,218 |
| 132 | Flora Vista | 10.8% | 1.3% | $44,352 | 2,770 |
| 133 | Chaparral | 10.5% | 3.2% | $46,017 | 18,186 |
| 134 | Navajo | 10.4% | 4.8% | $32,208 | 2,181 |
| 135 | Keeler Farm | 10.1% | 5.5% | $43,750 | 1,376 |
| 136 | San Rafael | 9.7% | 0.0% | $83,423 | 1,039 |
| 137 | Berino | 9.6% | 1.2% | $39,907 | 1,454 |
| 138 | Chimayo | 9.0% | 2.8% | $56,484 | 2,390 |
| 139 | McIntosh | 8.9% | 0.0% | $56,566 | 1,943 |
| 140 | Angustura | 8.9% | 5.0% | $53,750 | 1,997 |
| 141 | Taos Pueblo | 8.6% | 4.6% | $39,375 | 1,129 |
| 142 | Lovington | 8.4% | 3.3% | $68,821 | 11,498 |
| 143 | Estancia | 8.4% | 3.6% | $53,846 | 1,432 |
| 144 | Lordsburg | 8.3% | 3.5% | $36,607 | 2,057 |
| 145 | Milan | 8.3% | 4.3% | $36,133 | 2,327 |
| 146 | Columbus | 8.2% | 5.7% | $26,090 | 1,196 |
| 147 | Polvadera | 7.8% | 0.0% | $27,158 | 1,033 |
| 148 | Skyline-Ganipa | 7.6% | 1.3% | $56,992 | 1,226 |
| 149 | Anthony | 7.6% | 1.9% | $38,132 | 8,767 |
| 150 | Los Luceros | 7.5% | 0.0% | N/A | 1,136 |
| 151 | Zuni Pueblo | 7.0% | 1.1% | $45,724 | 5,864 |
| 152 | Gamerco | 6.7% | 2.9% | $48,977 | 1,176 |
| 153 | Hatch | 6.7% | 4.5% | $43,486 | 1,588 |
| 154 | El Cerro Mission | 6.1% | 1.1% | $49,470 | 5,323 |
| 155 | Rock Springs | 6.1% | 0.8% | $97,155 | 1,013 |
| 156 | Church Rock | 5.9% | 0.5% | $35,083 | 1,381 |
| 157 | Eunice | 5.8% | 4.2% | $49,087 | 3,015 |
| 158 | Santo Domingo Pueblo | 5.7% | 2.1% | $57,375 | 2,370 |
| 159 | Moriarty | 5.3% | 0.9% | $31,650 | 2,102 |
| 160 | Loving | 5.0% | 5.0% | $43,884 | 1,357 |
| 161 | Thoreau | 4.2% | 1.2% | $45,469 | 1,973 |
| 162 | Vado | 3.7% | 0.0% | $37,411 | 2,895 |
| 163 | Prewitt | 0.7% | 0.0% | $19,074 | 1,027 |