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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.

#CityBachelor's+Graduate+Median IncomePopulation
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